Chinese manufacturer Linglong Tire has announced it will set up a new R&D facility in Jinan, the capital of the Shandong province in eastern China, having recently signed an agreement with the Jinan Municipal People’s Government to develop its innovation base in the central district of Jinan.
The company says it has chosen the location in order to leverage the area’s large engineering skills base and convenient transport links. The facility will be the company’s fifth site in China, and it also has manufacturing facilities in Thailand and Serbia. According to Linglong, the benefits of being located in Jinan will allow it to “rely on the global-oriented R&D science and innovation base, optimize the gathering of high-end science and innovation resources, promote upstream and downstream research and development of industry supply chains, and promote the development of regional big data as well as intelligent manufacturing solutions”.
