Dunlop Aircraft Tyres appoints former Cooper man technical director

Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has appointed Marcus Hancock as technical director. Hancock has 21 years’ experience in the tyre industry and joins Dunlop from Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe, where he was general manager for the company’s European Technical Centre with responsibility for overseeing all product development for the region. The company’s former technical director Martin Pye has moved into a new role as head of original equipment sales. He will seek to strengthen Dunlop’s relationship with, and secure new business from customers, including airframers and landing gear manufacturers.

“Marcus comes to us with vast technical and production experience that will help as we look to enhance our existing product range and develop tyres for aircraft we don’t currently support,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman Ian Edmondson.

Over recent months, Dunlop has expanded its product range with new radial and bias tyres for a number of commercial aeroplanes, including the ATR42 and ATR72 regional turboprops as well as the CRJ1000 Next Gen regional jet. The company is also looking to increase its presence in the wide-body aircraft marketplace following the acquisition last year of production and testing equipment from The Yokohoma Rubber

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