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ARS spol s.r.o. has opened a brand-new facility close to major highways in the Bratislava area. The inauguration was part of an Open House event held on 22 September 2005 and was attended by the management of Bandag Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The new premises combine a state-of-the-art Bandag retreading workshop, a huge service outlet for trucks and the company’s new offices. Customer benefits include faster, much-improved service and easier access.
(Akron/Tire Review) Delphi Corp. appointed Brian Altenberger as global director of marketing for its Delphi Product & Service Solutions unit. Altenberger replaces Lucia Moretti who was recently named managing director for Delphi’s Aftermarket operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Altenberger will be responsible for global marketing for Delphi’s aftermarket product lines, distribution strategy and business planning.
Hervé Coyco, Michelin Group Executive Council member responsible for worldwide car sales, will takeover responsibility for the running of Michelin’s Asia Pacific operations from Jean-Marc Francois. Francois is taking a year out to complete an MBA course before returning to the company in order to pursue other leadership positions.
Joseph P Felicelli, executive vice president, Aftermarket products and services, has announced the appointment of Mauro Parisi to the position of vice president, Aftermarket, Europe, Middle East and Africa, effective immediately.
Delphi has appointed Lúcia Moretti as managing director, Delphi Product & Service Solutions Europe, Middle East and Africa. In her new role, Ms Moretti heads up a new structure within Delphi’s aftermarket division, designed to drive the growth of aftermarket business in the region.
Dunlop has appointed Bartle Bogle Hegarty London as its above-the-line agency for its Europe, Middle East and Africa business. BBH will work closely with Dunlop’s other agencies Claydon Heeley Jones and Mason, AgencyRepublic and Universal McCann in London.
The manufacturers five-year relationship with former marketing agency, 180 Amsterdam, ended in June.
Delphi Corp plans to present 10 new technologies and to announce several new customer programmes at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. The news will focus on two of Delphi’s principal concerns in Europe: environmental protection and safety technologies.
The company will show a new halogen-free recyclable cable and the first-ever integrated Driver Protection Module, which offers drivers up to 27 per cent more protection from serious injury during a frontal collision based on crash simulations.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has reported second quarter results which show net income more than doubled to $69 million. The company explained that price increases and an improved product mix helped to offset raw material prices. In addition the favourable impact of currency translation is said to have added about $108 million to the sales total.
Pietro Saletta (38) has been named as marketing director of Truck Tyres for Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe BV, responsible for the European Union, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He follows Benjamin Willot, who has taken over the position of director of original equipment sales & marketing consumer tyres for the same areas.
Goodyear has spent in excess of £2 million on launching its new RunOnFlat campaign to the UK media. The manufacturer has also hired a Hollywood director to deliver its first television advertising campaign for ten years.
Motorists will be able to view the new TV commercial from the 1st June. The advert was created by Leagas Delaney, London, and shot in Australia by Alex Proyas, director of last year’s Hollywood blockbuster I Robot. The advert will run in 16 European countries and kicks off an advertising campaign which includes TV and print advertising, public relations, and web and in-store activities in Goodyear’s 500 Hi-Q fitting centres.
(Akron/Tire Review) Publishing 2005 financial results, Yokohama Rubber Co has reported that it achieved net sales of approximately 419.8 billion yen (£2.1 billion), up 4.5 per cent from the year prior. The company also reported favourable overseas sales in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, while replacement market sales in Japan were also up. Yokohama’s Tire Group sales increased 6.7 per cent, to 307.9 million yen (£1.5 billion). Yokohama’s management projects a 6 per cent increase in net sales, a 14.5 per cent rise in operating income, and a 1.6 per cent increase in net income in the 2006 financial year. Group operating income grew 19 per cent to roughly 18.2 billion yen.
Goodyear Dunlop has appointed Dominque Golsong as its European legal chief, reports Lawyer News.
Mr Golsong, the former associate general counsel of Dow Corning Corporation, the silicones and silicones-based products, technologies and services company, joined the manufacturer last month in his new position.
Replacing Philip Regnault, who retired after three years with Goodyear Dunlop he will be responsible for the company’s EU strategic business unit as well as the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa strategic business unit.
Prior to Dow Corning, Mr Golsong was a corporate lawyer in Linklaters’ Brussels office, after which he joined New York-based firm Sullivan & Cromwell.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems, a business area within the Trelleborg Group, has signed a joint-venture agreement with Al Dobowi Ltd regarding the distribution of industrial and agricultural tires in the Middle East and certain parts of Africa. The new company, Trelleborg Wheel Systems Middle East Ltd will be located in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
When you have a tyre market that grows by ten per cent each year, as in the case of Russia, an impact on the retreading market is inevitable. Although retreads still don’t have the same status as they do in Western Europe, the eleven companies that are currently doing business in this market are looking forward to a bright future. The growing new tyre market has led to the appearance of a number of different retread companies, including Bandag, Kraiburg and Ellerbrock. Smaller companies like Elgitread from India and ITG from Italy have also shown interest in the Russian market.
Bridgestone Thailand MD, Tomohiko Yoshimoto, is predicting his company’s truck and bus tyre sales will grow at least 10 per cent, Thailand’s Bangkok post has reported.
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