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Dayco appoints Laura Kowalchik as chief financial officer
Dayco has announced that Laura Kowalchik has joined the company, as chief financial officer (CFO).
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Hella appoints Grant as UK managing director
Hella has appointed Neil Grant as its new UK managing director. Grant will begin his latest role in January 2020. He has been the financial director (FD) of Hella UK, based in Chipping Warden, for four years. He will take over from current MD, Matthew Say, who has been leading the UK operation for the past four and a half years.
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Dayco further strengthens its senior management team
Wouter Nijenhuis has joined Dayco, accepting the role of executive vice president of OE sales and business development, reporting directly to the company’s CEO, Joel Wiegert.
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Trailblazer tyre technician training gets underway
Ask anyone involved in tyre industry training and they will say two things. Firstly, there is a growing need to develop a sustainable career path in the technical end of the tyre business. And secondly, that structured training needs to move with the times. The good news is that, after months and years of hard work by key industry figures, there is now an appropriate answer to both questions. So, with this in mind, in mid-November Tyres & Accessories visited the first cohort of trailblazer Licence Commercial Tyre Technician (LCCT) training, which incorporates an accredited apprenticeship standard and the NTDA’s REACT licence.
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Cooper appoints Ben Patel as CTO
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has named Ben Patel as senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). In his new role, Patel is responsible for product planning and development, as well as engineering and technology across all regions. This means he leads a technology organization that includes a global technical centre as well as technical centres in Asia, Europe and North America.
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ATG names new ‘DACH’ country manager
Uwe Sieger is Alliance Tire Group’s new country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As such he takes responsibility for sales activities related to the Alliance and Galaxy brands in these markets. Sieger succeeds Friedhelm Kaufmann, who has been appointed OE key account manager for the region.
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Dayco appoints Tom Tecklenburg as VP of Aftermarket, North America
Dayco, a leading engine products and drive systems supplier for the automotive, industrial and aftermarket industries, has appointed Tom Tecklenburg as its vice president of Aftermarket for North America, reporting directly to Bruno Vallillo, president of global aftermarket.
Continue ReadingATEQ TPMS Tools Promotes Eri Muca To Global Aftermarket TPMS Manager
ATEQ TPMS Tools, has promoted Eri Muca to Global Aftermarket TPMS Manager. Eri Muca will be responsible for leading the aftermarket TPMS team for all markets worldwide with a focus on developing a global sales strategy to foster partner and distribution relations and increase market share worldwide.
Continue ReadingIGA provides apprenticeship guidance to independents
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is making apprentice funding, recruitment and retention clearer for independent garages with the publication of The Garage Guide to Recruiting an Apprentice.
Continue ReadingGoodyear’s Traicoff moves to Asia Pacific leadership role
As of 1 November, Andy Traicoff will take over as vice president consumer of Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s Asia Pacific business unit. He moves to this role from his current jobs as vice president, customer experience of the company’s Americas business unit, a position he has held since October 2018. Traicoff will report to Ryan Patterson, president of Goodyear Asia Pacific.
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Alliance Automotive Group details management team changes
Alliance Automotive Group has announced that, as of 1 January 2020, there will be a number of changes to the management team of the group.
Continue ReadingTVS Tyres’ CFO resigns
TVS Tyres has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, K V Ganesh. According to the tyre maker, he resigned with effect from the close of office hours of 23 October 2019. The company has yet to name his successor.
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Apollo Vredestein appoints new manager for Germany
Tobias Morbitzer is the new Apollo Vredestein country manager for Germany. The former pricing manager Europe moved from Apollo Vredestein’s headquarters in Amsterdam to the Apollo Vredestein GmbH site in Vallendar, near Koblenz at the start of October. He succeeds Thomas Körpert, who has left the company after more than 20 years.
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Mete Ekin leading Bridgestone Emerging Market business
As of 1 October, Mete Ekin is vice president of Bridgestone Emerging Markets. In this role he oversees Bridgestone EMEA’s businesses in Africa, the Middle East and Russia. The former regional managing director Middle East and Africa reports to Paolo Ferrari, chief executive officer of Bridgestone EMEA.
Continue ReadingSpecialist recruiter Glen Callum Associates joins IAAF
Automotive aftermarket recruitment specialist, Glen Callum Associates, has joined Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF).
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