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Goodyear Innovation Center names Jean-Pierre Jeusette general director

Goodyear has announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Jeusette to general director of the Goodyear Innovation Center in Luxembourg (GIC*L). Jeusette was previously director, Technology Consumer Tyres for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and has 21 years’ experience with Goodyear on a variety of assignments in both Luxembourg and Akron. Jeusette replaces Marc Junio, who has elected to retire after 34 years of Goodyear service.

21st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Al-Dobowi opens 200 million dirham battery plant

Eternity Technologies FZ LLC plant, owned by the Al Dobowi Group, has been launched with an investment of 200 million dirhams ($54.6million). According to the company, it is the Gulf region’s largest industrial battery plant and will design and develop batteries for use in electric fork lift trucks, industrial cleaning machines, access platforms and personnel transport. The plant will be situated in the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) Industrial Park in Al Jazeera Al Hamra and will have the capacity to produce one million 2-volt cells. The company plans to export 85 per cent of its output to global markets including US, Europe and Asia, apart from servicing the UAE and GCC countries.

21st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Matt Bell appointed Pirelli UK product training manager

Pirelli UK has announced the appointment of Matt Bell as product training manager for Pirelli UK; a new role aimed at training people from both inside and outside the company about aspects of the business. Bell will design training packages for Pirelli sales teams, customers and dealers to give them the product and corporate knowledge needed to carry out their roles in the most effective way, a company statement says.

15th April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin’s Peter Debenham retires, new product marketing & technical manager named

Following 44 years with Michelin, UK and Ireland product marketing and technical manager Peter Debenham has announced his retirement. Taking over the position is Laurent Mozziconacci; the 38-year old from Michelin’s hometown of Clermont Ferrand in France is new to the UK operation but brings 17 years’ experience at Michelin with him as he crosses the Channel. He previously spent eight years working for the agricultural division in France, most recently in the same role he is taking over in the UK. Prior to specialising in agricultural tyres Mozziconacci spent eight years as an account manager for Michelin's truck product line – initially covering the Nice region of southern France, before spending four years in Grenoble at the foot of the French Alps.

7th April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Steve Cundy retires after 40 years at Avon and Cooper

Steve Cundy, business development director for Cooper Tire Europe, has retired after almost 40 years of working at the European headquarters in Melksham, Wiltshire.

Having joined Avon Tyres in November 1971 as the company’s youngest Area Sales Manager at the age of 21, Cundy moved up through the ranks. He was UK sales director when the US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company acquired Avon in 1997 and since then has continued to develop Cooper’s car tyre business across Europe as well as becoming the head of the company’s motorcycle business unit and sales team in 2008.

1st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Laurent Reifen – “we’ve never sold so many tyres”

Following a crisis related dip in business in 2009, last year Laurent Reifen GmbH was able to once again set its sights on growth. While financial statements for the crisis year show the retreader still managed to sell more than 80,000 retreaded truck tyres and by doing so reduced its stock levels, last year turnover increased by a “clear double figure amount; we’ve never sold so many tyres,” as sales manager Dirk Schierhorn told Tyres & Accessories. Amongst other things, the Michelin Group owned retreader used last year’s business recovery to fine-tune the company for further shifts in the market.

1st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Mike Wilson becomes commercial director Michelin earthmover and industrial UK and Ireland

Michelin has appointed Mike Wilson, 61, as commercial director of its earthmover and industrial operations in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Wilson benefits from 37 years of experience at Michelin, in a career which began in 1974 when he joined the company as a sales representative. After eight years based in the Manchester area he progressed to a sales manager role in Ireland, before returning to the UK and holding a number of posts including sales manager for government contracts followed by a similar position within Michelin’s mileage contracts division.

1st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire appoints new UK sales director

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe has appointed Jason Clarke as its new UK sales director, effective of 1 April. Clarke, 41, has worked for Cooper Tire since 1998 and takes over the position following the retirement of Steve Cundy at the end of March. Clarke joined the Company in March 1998 as regional sales representative for Wales. He then became a regional sales manager for the Wales and Midlands region, before being promoted to the role of UK sales manager for retail accounts in 2006.

1st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin appoints new retread sales manager after promotion

Graham Karran is celebrating his 25th year at Michelin Tyre plc with a promotion to retread sales manager, responsible for the sales and marketing of all Michelin’s retread tyres in the UK. He replaces Mike Wilson, previously retread sales manager for 16 years. Wilson is promoted to commercial director of Michelin’s earthmover and industrial operations in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Karran, 44, will use his extensive experience within the truck tyre sector to work closely with Michelin’s Remix and Encore production sites in Stoke-on-Trent. Together, these two facilities maintain Michelin’s position as the country’s largest producer of retread tyres.

1st April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

'We are here to stay': Hangzhou Zhongce invests in R&D expansion and new HQ

Already purportedly the largest tyre manufacturer based in China (with annual turnover equating to around US$3.38 billion in 2010) and currently number 11 in the world, Hangzhou Zhongce reports that it expects to climb up the rankings following the opening of a new factory during the middle of next year.

In the medium term the ambition (something that Chinese manufacturers are seldom short of) is for the company to maintain a top 10, perhaps ninth, and beyond. Although this could mean leap-frogging other fast-growing Far Eastern competitors (including the increasingly influential Korean set), during a recent meeting in London with executives and research and development heads Hanzhou Zhongce representatives reiterated their intentions of becoming world-class players, inviting partners to “craft a better future” through the Chinese tyre maker's Westlake brand. The CEO of the Westlake brand, who reports directly to the president of Hangzhou Zhongce and who was introduced as Mr. Ge, was in attendance.

30th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Mike Swain dies

Bridgestone representatives have informed Tyres & Accessories of the sad loss of Mike Swain who died suddenly on the afternoon of Saturday 27 March 2011. Mike Swain has played an active part of the tyre industry for many years and will be missed by friends and colleagues alike. His funeral is on Monday 4 April 2011 at 14:40 at Woodlands Crematorium, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO12 6QN

30th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental names commercial sales manager

Mark Kerswill has joined Continental Tyre Group as truck sales manager with immediate effect. 47-year-old Kerswill brings 22 years of sales experience at both Michelin and Bridgestone to the company’s UK and Ireland commercial sales team and is responsible for the East Midlands and North East England.

28th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michael Andre to leave Giti Tire

Michael Andre has resigned from Giti Tire Europe for personal reasons. Andre, who was marketing director for passenger car tyres Europe and managing director of the company’s Giti Tire Germany GmbH German subsidiary, is said to have made his decision during the middle of March.

25th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Customer feedback is vital, says Hercules Tire International

Hercules boasts a long history in the tyre wholesaling business. First established in the 1950s, today the company sells tyres to more than a hundred countries through its Hercules Tire International division and offers its customers a well-established exclusive private brand. The firm is also active in North America through its own distribution companies there. Tyres & Accessories recently spoke with Rick Dorscht, managing director of Hercules Tire International’s European division, who shared the Hercules approach to long-term strength in the global wholesaling business.

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Asia Pacific management changes at Goodyear

Goodyear has announced a number of key personnel changes in the Asia Pacific region. On March 1, Mike Martens took charge of the tyre maker’s Melbourne-based Australia and New Zealand business, replacing Judith Swales, who, according to Goodyear’s Asia Pacific president Pierre Cohade, has “decided to leave Goodyear to pursue her interest of holding non executive board positions in Australia.” The 25-year Goodyear veteran will continue his role as vice president of Asia Pacific OTR.

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors