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Cooper Tire Appoints General Manager, Mickey Thompson

A new general manager has been appointed to Cooper Tire & Rubber subsidiary Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. Steve Kersh, most recently based in Melksham as Cooper Tire’s director of European sales and marketing, will oversee all aspects of Mickey Thompson operations, including finance, human resources, sales and marketing, supply chain, information technology and business development.

Kersh joined the company in 1993 as a production supervisor, and has served as a management trainee at the Bowling Green, Ohio, hose plant; as international customer service coordinator; international sales trainee; territory manager, international sales; regional manager, international sales; and manager of international sales. He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and a master’s in business administration from The University of Findlay, in Ohio.

26th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Interstate Names New Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Interstate Tire & Rubber Company has promoted sales team member Michel Gerard Richardson to the position of Sales & Marketing Coordinator, effective January 1st, 2008. In his new capacity Mr. Richardson will be in charge of all office activities and will coordinate the company’s sales and marketing operations. On announcing his appointment, the company praised Richardson’s previous work in the Telecommunications Industry. The 35 year old has a tertiary background in international business management, and hailing from the Caribbean, speaks English and Spanish fluently.

Interstate is confident that, with this new appointment, the company will be in a position to improve service and continue the successful development of the Interstate brand around the globe.

19th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Rotary Unveils Ultra-Low Profile Lift

Rotary Lift launched the SL210-MP8 Moveable Pad SmartLift, an in-ground lift the company said “makes raising a car for service faster and easier than ever.”

With an ultra-low profile of 2 3/8 inches reduces scraping the undersides of lower profile vehicles on the lift superstructure. Rotary said.

“Our customers asked us for a lift that will help increase their technicians’ productivity by reducing the time needed to properly position and raise a vehicle,” said Jim Dirksen, Rotary vice president of sales and marketing. “This is a perfect for quick service operations, and since the vehicle wheels are free, and not directly engaging the lift, it can also be used for tyre and brake work, as well as routine maintenance.”

13th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ Buys 25 LDV Maxus Vans

HiQ reports that it is to expand its fleet customer base with the purchase of 25 new LDV MAXUS vans. The new black long wheel base hi-roof vans are all fully liveried and will support HiQ’s customers across the UK. The 25 vehicles will soon be joined by further vans as HiQ ramps up its fleet service in 2008.

Tony Lewis, LDV’s sales and marketing director handed over the new vehicles to Neil Burrows, HiQ’s managing director, and commented: “HiQ’s aspirations to transform the face of fast-fit are fantastic and it’s great to be supporting an expanding brand. The new vans will ensure that should HiQ’s customers require roadside assistance, support is never far away.”

4th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kraiburg Names Holger Düx as Sales and Marketing Manager

Kraiburg has announced that Holger Düx became its Retreading Material sales and marketing manager in January. The 39 year-old has been working for the Austrian company for six years, initially as sales manager for Italy and from 2006 as the regional sales manager for South-Western Europe. In the new scope of his duties Holger Düx takes over from the previous sales and marketing manager, Frank Gregory, who left Kraiburg Austria at the end of last year to take on new professional challenges.

“I am looking forward to my new area of responsibility and would like to play an active role in satisfying the requirements of our partners, in the retreading sector and in Kraiburg product and service quality. I am certain that we will enjoy success with our newly designed pre-cure tread product range, consisting of the three product lines, K_base, K_tech and K_plus,” Holger Düx commented.

4th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

More Charges Laid Against Marine Hose Cartel Participants

According to the US Department of Justice, charges were laid against an independent consultant and two executives from Grimsby based Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd. on December 5. A one-count felony charge, resulting from the international marine hose price fixing cartel that operated until May 2007, was filed against: Peter Whittle, sole proprietor of PW Consulting (Oil & Marine) Ltd., Bryan Allison, managing director of Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd., and David Brammar, Dunlop’s Oil & Marine’s sales and marketing director.

10th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

BFNAT Changes OTR/Agri Tyre Management

(Tire Review/Akron) The impending retirement of Ralph Burchfield, president of its off-road tyre group, has created a number of management changes at Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire. Burchfield has opted to retire at the end of this year, ending a 36-year career with the company. As a result, BFNAT is “streamlining” its OTR and agricultural tyre businesses, with three group vice presidents now reporting to BFNAT President Asahiko “Duke” Nishiyama.

Heading the agricultural tyre group will be vice president Kenneth Allen, formerly executive director of sales and marketing for Firestone Agricultural Tire Co. Leading the OTR group will be Shawn Rasey, formerly executive director of the OTR group. Heading up the tube group will be Scott Gateley, general manager.

5th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Appoints New Asia Executives

At the start of the New Year Allen Tsaur will take over as vice president and general manager of its Asian Operations, replacing Ron Shield, who took on the role in an interim capacity and is retiring at the end of 2007. Tsaur, who joined Cooper Tire in January 2007, is currently general manager of Cooper’s operations in China. The role of deputy general manager for the Asian Operations, a new position, will be filled by Michael Cati. The former director of Asian Operations sales and marketing will report directly to Tsaur.

4th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

New Appointments at Goodyear SA

South Africa’s tyre industry has recently completed a short round of musical chairs, with a couple of senior executives switching companies. Former Continental Tyre SA senior manager Dustine Gascoyne has joined Goodyear South Africa as marketing director. “The Port Elizabeth-born marketing executive has gained solid experience in the tyre industry after spending the past 14 years at Continental,” said Goodyear in its announcement. Gascoyne added: “I am delighted to be on board at Goodyear. The company feels open and team-oriented.”

Goodyear recently split the sales and marketing directorship portfolios into two separate roles, and former Hi-Q managing director Andrew Bowren has taken up the position of sales director at Goodyear South Africa.

14th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Names Director of Dealer Sales

(Akron/Tire Review) Jim Sicking has joined Continental Tire North America as its new director of independent dealer channel sales for its passenger/light truck tyre unit. Most recently, Sickling was national accounts manager for Phillips Industries. “We are pleased to welcome Jim Sicking to the CTNA family. He has extensive experience in the automotive industry, and we’re confident that under his leadership, we will see significant gains in our dealer sales in the coming years,” said Andreas Gerstenberger, executive vice president of PLT replacement sales and marketing.

14th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Pneu-Logic Signs Supply Agreement with Rema Tip Top

Pneu-Logic, the UK based tyre division of Advanced ID Corporation, has entered into a strategic supply agreement with Rema Tip Top, the world’s largest supplier of tyre maintenance products and equipment, as a global reseller of Pneu-Logic’s line of technology products.

The Pneu-Logic technology has been selected to form a cornerstone of the newly formed Diagnostic Solutions Group within Rema Tip Top’s automotive division. The first products to be commercially launched from this collaboration are Fleet Inspector PRO and Fleet Inspector BASIC. These solutions are aimed at providing a wide range of customers with leading edge technology for fleet and tyre management.

Matthias Rolinski, sales and marketing director for Rema Tip Top, said, “Rema Tip Top always provides the best benefits for its customers. As part of our added-value-chain, we have recognised that the Advanced ID Pneu-Logic Fleet Management System represents a high quality solution that enables a premium application for tyre inspection and maintenance. The products will be available by the end of October, which follows an introduction that received very favourable reviews at the company’s in-house show at our Munich headquarters earlier this month.”

1st October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Accuride Appoints New Senior VP Sales and Marketing

On August 20 Accuride Corporation named the successor to H. Larry Taylor, who recently left the company to pursue other career opportunities. Stepping into the role of senior vice president, sales and marketing is Richard Schomer, who brings more than 20 years’ experience of OEM and aftermarket sales with him.

Schomer will be responsible for the strategic global leadership of Accuride’s sales and marketing operation and will work closely with Accuride’s strategic business units to drive product, market and global expansion initiatives.

“We are excited to have Rick join our executive leadership team, given his strong entrepreneurial background coupled with his extensive experience in market and product development,” said John Murphy, president and CEO of Accuride. “Following the successful integration of Transport Technologies Industries, Inc. and as we look beyond 2007, our strategic initiatives will continue to focus on growing Accuride’s business both organically and globally. We believe Rick’s keen strategic visioning ability and proven track record of translating value-added business propositions into sales will be a tremendous asset to Accuride and will assist us in achieving our growth objectives.”

Prior to joining Accuride Schomer served as principal of MR3 LLP, a business consulting firm specialising in market and product development.

21st August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Tyres and a Happy Meal, Please

(Akron/Tire Review) Buy a Happy Meal, get a set of Toyos. Very, very small Toyos.

In a new licensing deal with McDonald’s, replica Toyo Proxes 4 and Open Country A/T will grace two of eight Fly Wheels toys that will be packaged with Happy Meals or Mighty Kids Meals during a promotion that runs through Aug. 2.

“We are excited to have our brand associated with McDonald’s,” said Steve Weinger, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Toyo Tire (U.S.A.) Corp. “This promotion featuring Fly Wheels provides a great opportunity to further Toyo’s brand awareness with today’s young families.”

20th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

ASA Offers Updated TireMaster Software

(Akron/Tire Review) ASA Tire Systems has issued Version 7.4.0 of its TireMaster software. ASA said the new version of its tyre dealer POS software provides increased functionality, including a “promised time” indicator, global comments for quotes, and a tyre casings/parts core tracking system. ASA said that current TireMaster users with an Internet connection can receive the update immediately.

Mark Goin, ASA Tire Systems director of sales and marketing, said: “The new promised time indicator will be a great tool to manage a shop’s busy workload. This feature allows tyre dealers to set a ‘promised time’ for each job. If the job takes longer than expected, they will know to contact the customer immediately. This new element improves customer service, while helping to manage a tyre dealer’s daily workload.”

In addition, the casing/core tracking system, he said, allows dealers to track casings sent to a retreader, record cost information and data about repairs and service life.

11th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Launches New DOT Competition Tyre

(Akron/Tire Review) Toyo Tire (USA) Corp. has released the new Proxes R888, a DOT-approved race compound competition tyre.

Toyo said the new R888 was developed for both professional and amateur racers. The tyre features a continuous center rib for traction and directional control during dry braking, semi-slick shoulder areas for steering response and traction, an optimised contact patch for cornering, braking and acceleration, jointless cap and edge plies for high-speed dimensional stability, and a high modulus filler in the tyre bead area.

“Toyo has enjoyed a long, winning history in racing,” said Steve Weinger, Toyo’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. “We anticipate great success with the new Proxes R888 as it takes Toyo racing technology to a higher level.”

The Proxes R888 will be available in 17- to 19-inch sizes beginning this summer, with additional sizes coming next spring, the company said.

25th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors