Geneva Archives – Tire Industry Research

Wells aims to turn Goodyear EMEA around

David Shaw — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:56:33 +0000

Darren Wells took over from Arthur de Bok as head of Goodyear’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) operations toward the end of last year. Since then some big decisions have been taken. The Amiens dispute has been resolved; a racing tire plant in the UK is to close and Goodyear Corporate has announced plans

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Notes from Geneva 2014

David Shaw — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:24:01 +0000

As always, the Geneva Motor Show 2014 was a great place to meet people. Neeraj Kanwar of Apollo told me that despite some newspaper reports to the contrary, he does not rule out working in China at some stage in the future. In common with Continental, Hankook, Kumho, Goodyear and others, however, he says Apollo

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Tire stories from Geneva Auto Salon

David Shaw — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:48:01 +0000

Three key stories emerged from the opening day of the Geneva Motor Show. ETRMA members met in Geneva and agreed to work together to help governments enforce the EU Labelling scheme Tire makers see the EU car tire sales downturn as structural – no recovery any time soon. BMW once again leads the OE field

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