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NORTH AMERICA
Bridgestone Names New Sales VP
Marangoni Opens New Dealer in Atlanta
Bryant Davis
Bridgestone Commercial Group, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO), has announced that Bryant Davis has joined the company as vice president of sales for the company’s truck, bus and retread tyre business.
Davis comes to Bridgestone from
PepsiCo Inc., where he served as senior market director of sales and operations, Bridgestone said. There, Davis developed and implemented the sales, marketing and operations strategy for a multi- state region. During his 20-year career with PepsiCo Inc., Davis held various roles of increasing responsibility, including regional sales director, regional sales manager and senior auditor. “Bryant has a proven track record of driving volume and revenue growth in a highly-competitive market, and we are excited to bring his sales and leadership talents to Bridgestone,” said John Boynton, president of truck, bus and retread tyre business. “I am confident that Bryant will continue to evolve our sales strategies to align even tighter to the dynamic needs of our transportation customers.”
Marangoni Tread North America has announced that J&R Tire Inc. in Fairburn Ga. is now a member of the Marangoni
Tread North
America family of independent dealers
and will be offering
both Ringtread and
Unitread precure
treads to the Greater
Atlanta area from
their modern
retread plant, which
has a capacity of more than 30,000 retreads per year.
Ron Book and Jonathan Book owners of J&R Tire Inc. said,
“Marangoni has a strong presence in the Atlanta market and we are excited about servicing existing
Ringtread customers as well as converting lots of new fleets to the best retread system available.”
North American Retreaders Visit Vipal Plant
B&J Rocket America Hires New Sales Manager
As part of their strategy of maintaining close relations with customers, Vipal recently invited a group of partners from the Unites States to explore its facilities in Brazil. The visit, which took place from July 10 to 13,
camelback line. In addition to the production lines, the visitors also watched the step-by-step tyre retreading process at the Vicencio Paludo Technical Center (CTV). The group was able to see Vipal’s technology up close, in areas such
With immediate effect, Ben Graham joins B&J Rocket America, Inc. as an additional Senior Sales Manager. Graham has gained his extensive industry experience in various positions at Myers Tire Supply over the last 19 years - as a Key Account Sales Manager, Western Region Director or most recently as Director of International Sales.
Graham's job is the continuous development of B&J products and their sales and distribution in the Americas. His brief is to continue
and expand the successful B&J strategy of high-quality products at fair prices with the support of the existing American distribution network. In his function he reports directly to Andreas Müller, President of B&J Rocket, who is very happy about this support for his team and is positive: "With Ben Graham on board we will gain enormous know-how for the company, which allows us to intensify already existing customer contacts."
Ben Graham
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started at Vipal’s manufacturing plant in Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul.
The group, which included the Vice President of National Tire Solutions, Dominic Migliarese, and the President and Vice President of L&S Tire, Lee Ballard and Karen Sue Ballard, visited Plant I, where items are produced for Vipal’s repair segment, such as patches and other repair products. Then they moved on to Plant II, where they had the chance to see the tread and
as VipalTec, the research and testing laboratory for certification of new and retreaded tyres, and the Research and Technology Center (CPT), where the company develops new products and rubber compounds. “The customers who visit our facilities are surprised by the efficiency of our processes and the high technology we use. They usually come away with ideas to apply to their own business,” emphasises Vipal’s commercial manager for the United States, Frederico