ZC Rubber appoints Ruddy OTR tyre sales director for Europe

In addition to naming Mark Turner its European Agriculture Tyre Sales Director, ZC Rubber has appointed John Ruddy European OTR Tyre Sales Director. Ruddy, who first joined ZC Rubber as European OTR Sales Manager in 2019, brings decades of experience within the European OTR tyre industry to his new role.

“I am very proud to see we have set up a great network cross every corner of Europe market,” comments Ruddy. “The one stop supply of premium quality off the road tyres brings great benefits to our Europe partners.”

Tyrepress.com reported Mark Turner’s appointment on 4 January. Commenting on his new position, he said: “Tianli has started its first radial Agriculture tyre in 2006; they are always important player in Europe Agriculture tyre market. Zhongce Rubber Group acquiring Tianli tyres in early 2022 was very smart decision and will reinforce Tianli’s unique brand awareness in the off highway segment.”

Turner has been involved in agriculture tyre business for more than 25 years. He has served as Vice Chairman of the ETRTO Agricultural Sub-committee, Coordinator of the experimental standards group within the ETRTO Agricultural Sub-committee, and the Farm & Industrial Tire Representative at the ETRMA. Additionally, he participated actively in both committees, contributing to the process to restructure the Europool categories in 2011 and 2012 as well as framing new standards in the ETRTO categories such as IF CFO and VF NRO.

Mark Turner (Photo: ZC Rubber)

Aiming for global OTR top 3

“Zhongce has relocated its OTR factory to Tianjin after the acquisition of Tianli brand,” states Ge Guorong, Senior Vice President of Zhongce Rubber Group. “We are now one of the very few tyre companies that can offer more than 2,000 SKUs of off-highway products from one central factory, and we have promised to invest much more in the following years, aiming to be among the global top three players in the off-highway tire business in future. The value to our customers is enormous. In the past 2022, we have reached the historical sales record in off-highway tyre business, and our capacity is still not enough for the strong demand from partners across the world, especially from our international partners. Our commitment to all of our customers is to provide both local service and global supply through our local team working with local partners.”