BKT Adds Sales Staff - Tire Review Magazine

BKT Adds Sales Staff

Balkrishna Industries Limited’s U.S. subsidiaries, BKT USA Inc. and BKT Tires Inc., have added three regional sales managers to better serve their customers nationwide.

Blaine Koller joins BKT USA as regional sales manager of the Northwest territory. Koller has more than 11 years experience in the tire industry, working in commercial, forestry, agriculture and mining. He has a bachelor of arts from UNBC. Koller is based out of BKT’s Akron, Ohio, offices.

BKT Tires Inc. has hired two regional OTR sales managers based out of the company’s Brentwood, Tenn., office – Gary Pompo and Peter Row.

Pompo has more than 25 years of experience in the tire industry. He’s previously held positions with GCR Tires, Pomp’s Tire, Wingfoot Tire and Northern Tire. Pompo has a business degree from Northern Michigan University.

Row has worked 17 years in the tire industry in various roles. Row studied at Penn State and North Eastern University.

 

You May Also Like

Anyline secures funding from Austrian agency for AI development

Anyline received around $2.86 million to fund research and development of Closed Loop Training for artificial intelligence models.

ANYLINE-AI-stock

Anyline has received €2.64 million (approx. $2.86 million) administered through the Austrian research promotion agency – Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) – as a public grant over the last three years to fund research and development of Closed Loop Training (CLT) for artificial intelligence (AI) models that speed the time to accurately capture and digitize analog information.

Continental appoints new ‘head of region’ for the US, Canada

In this role, Rob Schroeder will oversee all of material handling, port, earthmoving and agriculture tire business in the United States and Canada.

Conti-RobSchroeder_HeadofRegion
K&M Tire adds Jon Zurcher as executive vice president

Zurcher previously served as COO for Best-One Tire for the past seven years.

John-Z-K&M
Hercules Tire reveals spring rebate on five tire lines

From now until May 15, customers who purchase four qualifying Hercules Tires may be eligible to receive up to a $70 rebate.

hercules-spring-us-rebate
Kenda Tires becomes Cleveland Cavaliers associate partner for NBA playoff games

The tire manufacturer will be advertised on the court, with Kenda-branded rally towels, and will appear during local pre-game programming.

Kenda-Tire-Sir-CC-High-Fives-1400

Other Posts

Nokian Tyres releases 2023 sustainability report

Highlights of the company’s sustainability actions in 2023 include a commitment to achieve science-based net-zero emissions by 2050.

Nokian-Tyres-sustainability-report
Giti Tire announces winners of STEAM competition

New this year, the winning teams from each division will progress to compete out of state.

Giti-STEAM-Winners
Nexen Tire to be the official tire partner of the San Diego Padres

Nexen Tire will be featured on a variety of marketing assets, including billboards and in-ballpark branding at Petco Park.

Nexen-Tire-Padres
WGH to recall up to 520,000 Terrain Attack, Terrain Pro winter tires

The tires are labeled as snow tires, but do not have sufficient traction to perform in all snow weather conditions, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Recall