TGI Opens Dominican Republic and Venezuela Offices

Tire Group International (TGI) recently opened new sales offices, expanding its Caribbean and South American operations. The first is located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and the other in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Heading these new sales office will be Esteban Martinez (Venezuela) and Guillermo Quintanilla (Dominican Republic). Mr. Martinez comes to TGI with over 25 years of experience in the tyre industry with particular expertise in the Agricultural, Off the Road, and Industrial segments, and Mr. Quintanilla was formally with Shell Oil Company and has extensive experience in the passenger and light truck segments.

“Establishing a local presence in these two countries at this time is part of a new strategy we have chosen in order to fuel further growth. Both of these countries have vast natural resources and wealth and we believe that having a presence there will allow TGI to further expand its market share. Being more accessible to our key customers and providing unmatched service to them is what TGI is all about,” said Tony Gonzalez, Tire Group International’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gonzalez added that TGI would soon be opening two additional locations in other countries, in further support of this strategy.

Tire Group International, Inc. carries over 40 brands of tyres, covering the entire spectrum of the tyre industry. TGI also distributes its own private labels Astro, Cosmo, Industar, Luna, Orion and exclusively represents many other brands including MRF, Cooper, Sumitomo, Delta, Matador, etc.