Exide Taps Michelin’s Koelsch as President, CEO

Published: May 20, 2015

Exide Technologies has appointed Victor Koelsch as president and CEO, effective June 22.

Koelsch, who has served as executive vice president of Michelin North America and COO for Michelin Americas Commercial Tires since 2011, succeeds Robert Caruso, Exide president and CEO since August 2013.

From 2007-11, Koelsch was president of Michelin’s Worldwide OE Business Unit and, prior to that, served as Michelin Groupe’s vice president and global chief information officer from 2001-07.

Prior to his positions with Michelin, Koelsch held various managerial positions with Boston Scientific, Compaq Computer Corp. and IBM.

Yokohama Rubber partners with Haupt Racing Team

Yokohama Rubber said it is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) with Advan tires.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 24, 2024

Yokohama Rubber has signed a partnership agreement with Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT). As part of the Advan Challenge that seeks to maximize sales of Advan tires, Yokohama Rubber said it is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS) by supplying its Advan racing tires for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 being entered in those races by HRT.