TCi’s Pekle To Join Groupe Michelin

Published: April 24, 2014

Effective Sept. 1, Guy Pekle, president and CEO of TCi, will move back to France to begin his new role with TCi parent company Groupe Michelin.

In his new position, Pekle will oversee account management, demand-to-cash and go-to-market process in the tire maker’s commercial performance department.

Pekle joined Michelin in October 1986, serving as president of Michelin North America (Canada) Inc., president of Michelin Retread Technologies (Canada) Inc. and vice president of commercial sales for Michelin North America’s Michelin Americas truck tires division.

He will be replaced at TCi by Don Byrd, current vice president of marketing for passenger car and light truck tires in North America, Michelin said. Byrd has been with Michelin since May 2009.

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.