Toyo Tire names new bosses for US manufacturing business

As of 1 July 2022, new faces will join the management team at Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing, Inc. Shinji Tanabe will become chairman and chief executive officer of the company responsible for Toyo’s tyre plant in Georgia, whilst Patrick Matthew Lenz takes on the roles of president and chief operating officer.

Don Bunn currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing, a position held since January 2018. He has been with the business for the past 17 years of a career in the tyre industry that spans almost four and a half decades. Bunn joined Goodyear in 1978 and spent a dozen years with the company before moving to Pirelli and later Yokohama Tire before arriving at Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing as its director of technical services in 2005. He later managed the Georgia plant before taking on his most recent role.