About three years ago, Tom Ceniglis Jr. uprooted his entire marketing plan. No more radio ads. No more billboards. And the second generation owner of Tom’s Tire Pros, a two-store retail business in Abilene and San Angelo, Texas, says twice in the last year the company has broken its all-time sales records.

Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. (ZC Rubber) plans to establish a "Future Factory" plant in Hangzhou, China, Shen Jinrong, the company's chairman, announced during the firm's recent China Distributors Conference.