Falken Tyre Europe, the European affiliate of Japanese tire manufacturer Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., has appointed a new managing director to serve at the company’s Offenbach am Main, Germany, offices. Shingo Sakashita joins the Falken Tyre Europe management team and also assumes the position of finance director alongside Isamu Ishida, Koji Fukuhara and Hidekazu Nishiguchi.
Prior to Falken, Sakashita was manager of the international business development and administration department at parent company Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.