Establishment of the plant on production of car tires
The plant in the Ulyanovsk region will become the first production site of Bridgestone in Russia and CIS.

Construction of a TAKATA Rus car parts plant
The company's main goal was to expand its sales market.
Takata Corporation chose Russia after conducting research which forecast car demand growth in Russia as well as for car safety systems for the next few years. According to data from TAKATA, in the first post economic crisis year, the Russian car market grew by 31% and for the first quarter of 2011 by 60%.