NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Sept. 8, 2010)—Trelleborg Automotive has opened a new manufacturing facility in Zavolzhye, near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The facility, which will produce Trelleborg's anti-vibration solutions, is the company's first production facility in Russia and has been opened to meet increasing demand from its Russian-based customers.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 8, 2010)—Michelin North America Inc.'s Development Upstate program to aid small businesses recently awarded $400,000 in low-interest loans to six additional businesses.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—For two years, auto makers and suppliers did their best to hang on as sales and production slowed to a crawl.

Chinese consumer tire exports to the U.S. fell 40 percent in the 11 months since the U.S. government imposed stiff tariffs on them. Imports from other Asian nations mostly filled the void.

BRYAN, Ohio—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an explosion at Titan International Inc.'s Bryan off-the-road tire plant that left one worker injured.