Yokohama HPT: a new chapter
Recent months have seen the appointment of a completely new leadership team at Yokohama’s UK distribution operation, Yokohama HPT Ltd. Well-known in the market for its high-performance passenger car tyre and wheel sales, the appointments signal the start of a new chapter. With that in mind, Tyres & Accessories visited the company’s Milton Keynes headquarters and distribution centre in order to meet with recently-appointed CEO Peter Fairlie; commercial director, Karl Naylor; and marketing manager, Lucie Dalton, in order to find out more.
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Goodyear job cuts: Unanswered questions in the UK and EMEA tyre markets
Goodyear’s decision to cut 5 per cent of its global salaried employees is shocking enough for the firm’s 72,000-strong worldwide workforce. However, the fact that senior executives directly linked that decision to the company’s worse-than-expected performance in the EMEA region (Europe Middle East and Africa) is giving employees in those countries extra cause for concern.
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Kono to lead Toyo Tires’ EMEA sales operation
Toyo Tire Corporation has appointed Masaomi Kono division general manager of its Europe, Africa & Middle East sales division and also, confusingly, general manager of said division, as well as general manager of the Europe, Africa & Middle East sales department. Kono begins in these roles, and presumably will receive slightly larger business cards, on 1 April 2023.
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UK sojourn ending for Toyo Tires’ Shigeno
Teppei Shigeno will end his tenure as president of Toyo Tyre (UK) Ltd. on 1 April 2023. Toyo Tire Corporation has not yet announced who will succeed him in this role.
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NFDA chief executive joins Automotive 30% Club
NFDA chief executive Sue Robinson has joined the Automotive 30% Club, a voluntary network of MDs and CEOs from UK based automotive sectors. The organisation sets out to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry. It takes its name from its target of at achieving at least 30 per cent of key leadership positions in member organisations with diverse women by 2030.
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Debbie Barnes appointed UK MD for Liqui Moly
Debbie Barnes has been promoted to managing director of Liqui Moly’s UK subsidiary, responsible for national operations. She intends to continue the successful development of the lubricant company in the United Kingdom. Barnes has been part of the Liqui Moly team for seven years and was most recently regional sales manager and national key account manager at Liqui Moly UK. In her new position as managing director, she is now responsible for the operational business of the Liqui Moly subsidiary. She strengthens the management team, which has included Dr Uli Weller, managing director of the parent company, and Salvatore Coniglio, Liqui Moly export director, since the company was founded.
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moveero appoints new European sales director
Ronni Nielsen has been appointed as moveero’s new sales director, Europe. With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a Diploma in Leadership, Nielsen brings a wealth of experience to the business, having spent his career to date working in global sales roles, business development and leadership, particularly working with original equipment manufacturers.
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Vaculug promotes Craig Rudkin to national accounts director
Craig Rudkin has been promoted to the position of national accounts director at Vaculug. Rudkin has been part of Vaculug for 31 years and has experience in many aspects of the business. According to the company, this appointment comes at a time when Vaculug is experiencing “major growth and making investments in strengthening the…team ready for another successful year.”
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Luca Mai returns to Triangle Tyre as OTR director Europe
Luca Mai has returned to Triangle Tyre in Europe to lead the Chinese manufacturer’s off-the-road tyre segment. OTR specialist Mai left his position as OTR director Europe at the end of August 2021 having joined the company in 2019. The OTR tyre expert previously spent two decades at Marangoni. He reassumed his tenure as part of the European Triangle team, managing the OTR segment, at the start of the year. Corrado Moglia, CEO of Triangle Europe said Mai’s “skills, experience, and knowledge of the sector, with the passion that sets him apart, will help us achieve our goals.”
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Yokohama UK names Lucie Dalton as marketing manager and Charlotte Hodgson as price and demand planning manager
Yokohama UK reports that it has appointed Lucie Dalton, as its new marketing manager and Charlotte Hodgson as price and demand planning manager in a move that completes its senior management team.
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Prometeon names Yilmaz as MD for UK, Eire and Nordics
Prometeon Tyre Group has appointed Ali Yilmaz as the new managing director for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, effective from 1 January 2023. The move sees Yilmaz promoted from commercial director to the leadership role of the cluster, replacing interim MD Francesco Antonacci.
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HF Group adds to its management board
Effective 1 November 2022, Hamburg, Germany-based Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (otherwise known as HF Group) appointed Zoran Uranjek to its management board.
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New Genan key account manager for Central Europe
Genan, supplier of high-performance rubber infill for artificial turf pitches and granulate for shock-absorbing surfacing, has expanded its sales team. As of 1 January 2023, Eduard Vogt is key account manager for the Central Europe region.
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Bridgestone Corporation has announced the upcoming retirement of Masuo Yoshimatsu, the company’s chief financial officer. Yoshimatsu will retire on 31 January 2023, at which time he will also relinquish his position as a company senior vice president and executive officer.
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Agustin Pedroni appointed Bridgestone China general manager
As of January 2023, Agustin Pedroni has become general manager of Bridgestone (China) Investment Co. Ltd. Pedroni joined Bridgestone in Argentina in 1996 and worked in administration, sales and marketing roles in Argentina, Latin America and South America. Pedroni came to Bridgestone Asia Pacific in 2019 is the vice president of marketing and sales and was later promoted to the chief operating officer of the Asia Pacific region.
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