Bridgestone Americas Makes Leadership Changes
Bridgestone says these executive appointments have been made to strengthen the company’s core tire business and accelerate its journey to become a global leader in mobility solutions.
Bridgestone Americas President, CEO & COO Gordon Knapp To Retire
Gordon Knapp, Bridgestone Americas president, CEO & COO, will retire and his successor and other executive appointments have been announced.
Smithers Makes Org Changes
After restructuring Smithers Scientific Services and Smithers Rapra into a single business unit, the Smithers Group made a number of executive appointments.
Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Gets New CEO, COO
Iori Suzuki, chairman, president and chief executive officer, is retiring after 18 years of service at Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Elects New CEO
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ board of directors has elected Satoru Yamamoto as its new CEO, subject to shareholders’ approval.
Hankook Restructures Leadership
Hankook Tire Co. has restructured its leadership for the New Year, Tyres & Accessories reports. “The new executive appointments were focused on enhancing the role of internal infrastructure and its strategy for emerging market to strengthen global competitiveness,” Hankook Tire said in a statement. “It is also intended to help the company increase its brand
Ostander Leaving, Cooper Taps Hughes and Kortokrax to Lead
With the pending departure of Chris Ostrander, president of Americas Tire Operations, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has made two top-level executive appointments, both effective immediately. Brad Hughes, 52, was named to the newly created position of senior vice president and COO, with responsibility for Cooper’s worldwide operations. He joined Cooper in 2009 as CFO,
Goodyear Names New Execs in EMEA Unit
Goodyear Dunlop Europe made two key executive appointments. Henry Johnson has been appointed Goodyear Dunlop’s EMEA vice president for emerging markets, and will lead "the strategic growth and development of the company’s complete product range in South Africa, Turkey, Middle East, Russia and the Nordic countries." Johnson was previously responsible for the commercial product business
Pirelli Promotes Three in N.A. Moves
Pirelli Tyre continued to juggle its North American operations yesterday with three more executive appointments.Pirelli appointed Mattia Bussacchini as general manager of its Canadian operations of Pirelli Tire North America. Bussacchini will continue to support Pirelli’s factory project in Mexico in addition to his new role, and he will report to Matteo Battaini, the recently
Ascot Supply Corp. promotes Mark Paquette to vice president
Paquette will work under the direction of current President David Kessler and officially begin his new role on June 3.
