Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is opening a new development center in Hebron, Ohio.
The tiremaker has signed an agreement with Southgate Corp., a real estate development company, to occupy a manufacturing building the first quarter of 2014 once its been modified. Goodyear will begin initial development in the building during the summer, but the facility will not be fully operational until the third quarter of 2015, the company said.
The 50,000-square-foot building will allow Goodyear to do manufacturing research, according to the tiremaker.