Ag and OTR tire producer BKT Tires (USA) Inc. used the occasion of the 59th annual TIA OTR Conference to introduce a new management team for its North American OTR Tire program.

Joining BKT Tires are Ron Tatlock, a manager of training and engineering; Dave Neumann, OTR eastern U.S. zone manager; Jim Bee, OTR western U.S. zone manager; and Willie Brau, the Latin America OTR zone manager.

All four came from Bridgestone Americas and are respected in the tire industry.

Earlier in 2012, BKT added Keshav Das to its BKT Canada OTR team. Das also attended the TIA Conference. As head of OTR with BKT Tires Canada, Das has more than 32 years of experience with a concentration in technical service and product planning he mastered with Bridgestone Corp.