Ring announces new area sales manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland
Martin Barron has joined Ring Automotive as its new automotive area sales manager Scotland & Northern Ireland. Barron will be travelling throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland visiting motor factors to developing relationships with them and discuss the needs they have for their businesses.
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Ceat names Anant Goenka vice chairman, Banerjee to become MD & CEO
A new managing director and chief executive officer will take the helm of Ceat Ltd. from 1 April 2023. The Indian tyre maker has appointed current chief operating officer Arnab Banerjee as successor to Anant Goenka in both positions for a term of two years. On this date, Goenka will become Ceat’s vice chairman and in this role will lead parent company RPG Enterprises into “new business segments.”
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Linglong appoints Yu Hang as vice president
On 17 March, Linglong Tire announced that it hired Yu Hang as its vice president. The tyre manufacturer stated that the appointment of Yu Hang is to enhance Linglong’s brand value and competitiveness, optimise and improve its “product + service + value” system, build a world-class brand influence, and enhance Linglong’s international competitiveness.
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Goodyear South Africa appoints new Consumer PBU director
Goodyear has appointed Shane Petersen as the company’s new Director PBU Consumer in South Africa. Petersen brings with him experience spanning over 20 years in sales, marketing, retail operations and business transformation. He has held various leadership roles in the petroleum, consulting and facility maintenance industries, with deep international experience having worked in Canada, Europe and Africa.
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Hella’s Neil Grant becomes Automotive 30% Club member
Hella’s UK managing director, Neil Grant, has become a Silver Member of the Automotive 30% Club, a voluntary network of automotive executives. “I believe that the greater the level of diversity within a team, the greater the variety of ideas and strategies that will be generated,” Grant explains. “In an industry that is changing rapidly, it is vitally important that we are able to attract the best people and that we have the most diverse pool of talent to select from. I am therefore a huge advocate of the Automotive 30% Club and look forward to playing an active part in improving gender equality within the industry, for the greater good of everyone.”
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Sentury Tire dismisses CFO Xu Huashan
Sentury Tire confirms that Xu Huashan no longer holds the positions of chief financial officer and director within the company. The decision to dismiss Ms Xu was taken during a meeting of Sentury’s Board of Directors on 20 February.
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Dasos Michaelides helps Autotech Training expand into Northern Ireland
Dasos Michaelides, who has over 40 years of experience working within Northern Ireland’s automotive industry, has been appointed by Autotech Training as Head of Business Development for Ireland.
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Only half of MOT testers assessed with 1 month before deadline
Roughly half of MOT testers have now completed their annual training and assessment, according to DVSA. But that means that around half still need to complete assessment with the clocking ticking ahead of the 31 March deadline.
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Japanese tyremakers lead the way in share price performance
Full-year 2022 financial results show that – in terms of share price performance, at least – Japanese tyre manufacturers are leading the way on the global stage. Much has happened in the last five years, but five-year share price data is clear that the costs of chip shortages, shipping, dearer raw materials, pandemic and war have hit European and Western tyre brands harder than their Japanese counterparts. We compared the share performance of five of the largest European and Western tyre brands (namely: Michelin, Goodyear, Continental, Pirelli and Nokian) during the last five years with the leading Japanese-based tyre manufacturers (Bridgestone, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Yokohama and Toyo Tires) in order to gain an insight into their relative performance.
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Wheely Safe appoints MD to lead new UK franchise
Ian Maynard has been appointed managing director of Wheely-Safe (UK), a new, wholly-owned franchise launched to manage sales and aftersales for the automotive technology firm within its home market. It marks the first stage in ambitious new growth plans by parent company Wheely-Safe, part of GX2 Technology, to expand with franchises in key international markets. Each franchise will have access to the full suite of award-winning Wheely-Safe systems, which combine protection against wheel loss with brake/hub temperature monitoring and an intelligent tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS).
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Carlton Forest Group appoints chief renewables officer
Carlton Forest Group, home to the UK’s first continuous pyrolysis plant for end-of-life tyres, has appointed Chris Brown as its new chief renewables officer. “Chris has a fantastic range of skills ideally suited to this field and he is already proving to be a great asset to the business with his technical, engineering, and renewables knowledge,” said Mark Pepper, CEO, Carlton Forest Group.
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Peter Cawson heading Ceat Specialty’s UK/Ireland business
Ceat Specialty has appointed Peter James Cawson to lead the company’s growing business in the UK and Ireland. The new Business Development Specialist brings with him 16 years of tyre industry experience, most recently at Michelin, where he served as a territory business manager.
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Sentury CEO and ‘number two’ running Spain factory project
Following the departure of Sentury’s Spain factory project’s general manager, Warren Rudman, Sentury’s senior executives have taken up the reins of Sentury Tire (Spain), according to local business publication Economia Digital Galicia.
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Craig McCracken becomes IAAF president
The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) has appointed Craig McCracken, group factor manager at Arnold Clark Autoparts, as new president. He succeeds immediate past president Richard Welland and will remain on the IAAF board, alongside Richard, honorary treasurer Lawrence Bleasdale and chief executive Mark Field. McCracken has more than 40 years’ experience in the automotive industry and has worked for Arnold Clark for 37 years.
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Toyo Tires names Colin Pears MD of UK operation
On 1 April 2023 Colin Pears, currently Sales Operation Manager at Toyo Tyre (UK) Ltd., will take over as Managing Director of the tyre maker’s UK subsidiary. He begins in this role on the date that Teppei Shigeno ends his tenure as President of Toyo Tyre (UK).
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