China’s Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd. plans to build a $182 million tire proving ground in Yantai, Shandong Province.
The facility will be developed on a 360-acre site, with Spanish engineering firm IDIADA Automotive Technology S.A. doing the actual design work.
Shandong Linglong said the facility will open in 2015, and plans to make it available to other tire and automotive firms in the future.