Al Smoke, longtime head of Vredestein’s operations in the U.S., has announced his retirement, effective at the end of this year.
Smoke, currently country manager and sales manager for Vredestein North America Inc., based in New Jersey, has worked in the tire industry for 44 years, 26 of which have been with the Dutch tiremaker.
With his retirement, Vredestein has appointed Emil Herbak as the new country manager in charge of Vredestein North America Inc.
Herbak comes to the position after seven years as regional sales manager in Germany and country manager in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.