Continental Tyre South Africa has sold the manufacturing assets it used to make industrial and agricultural tyres in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Prior to the sale, Continental manufactured bias-ply and radial agricultural tyres at the Port Elizabeth location. Continental’s ongoing production operations, such as its passenger car and light truck lines, are not affected by the news.
The Pelmar Group has appointed Enrique Guix to the position of sales director EMEA. Guix takes on the role on top of his responsibility for the South and Central America market, effective from 1 September 2017. Guix will report directly to Robert Adam, managing director of Pelmar Germany, which has become the hub of all Pelmar Engineering European activity.
Earlier in 2016, Pelmar Group’s board opted to move the firm’s headquarters after 30 years of being located in Ramat Hasharon. The group will now be based in Yokneam, northern Israel where group company TGL SP Industries Ltd is already based.
Pelmar Group’s board of directors has appointed Tal Dekel as president. Dekel, who holds an MBA, was previously CEO of TGL SP Industries, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Pelmar Group.
If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com. Or click below to continue on Tyrepress.
Continental AG