Kenda Hires New Assistant Marketing Manager
Kellie Szczerbacki has joined Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. as its new assistant marketing manager for its automotive division. Szczerbacki will work to strengthen Kenda’s brand building efforts, the company said. “We are excited to utilize Kellie’s skills to partner with our independent dealers and distributors as Kenda accelerates its PCR and LTR growth with our
Sumitomo Opens Turkey Plant
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ tire factory in Turkey was inaugurated by the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Balkans.com reports. The $520 million plant was built in partnership with Abdülkadir Ozcan A.S (AKO) and the tiremaker plans to manufacture 10 million tires per year. The plant will employ 2,000 people and is expected to export 80%
Notes & Scribbles
Almost let the month get away without noting that May was the 20th anniversary of Bridgestone Corp.’s purchase of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. for a then unheard of $2.6 billion.
New Name, New Org, New Team
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions – BBTS.
Bridgestone Ranked as Top Foreign Investor in Poland
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Poland’s leading monthly business magazine, Forbes Poland, has named Bridgestone as the top foreign investor in Poland for 2006.
Side by Side
As has been done in nearly every meeting the company has had for the past three years, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire’s (BFNAT) annual commercial dealer meeting – Bizcon ®€“ reinforced the idea that the tiremaker and its dealers need each other.