Goodyear Names New Fayetteville Plant Manager

Goodyear has named Billy Taylor as the new plant manager of its Fayetteville, North Carolina, manufacturing facility, reports Tire Review. Taylor, who formerly held the same position at the company's plant in Lawton, Oklahoma, replaces Tim Frosell, who had been plant manager in Fayetteville since 2007. Frosell will become manufacturing director at Goodyear's plant in Pulandian, China.

Taylor’s previous management positions with Goodyear were in Freeport, Illinois; Kingman, Arizona; Topeka, Kansas; and Tyler, Texas, where he was plant manager prior to his move to Lawton. The Tyler plant closed in 2008. Taylor was responsible for about 2,700 employees in Lawton. At the Fayetteville plant, there are about 3,000 employees.