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VM Rubber is stepping into the new year with a new team member.

Valebridge Media Services (VMS), the international media services agency with offices in Crewe (United Kingdom), Madrid (Spain) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), have revealed plans for the 2023 Recircle Awards, the third edition of the globally-facing industry awards event recognising sustainable innovation, production processes, management and services within the tyre retreading and recycling industries.

Vaculug is celebrating major growth in the off-the-road tyre sector with a new sales manager appointment and several contract wins with key clients in the waste and construction sectors.

The Tire Industry Association has promoted Roy Littlefield IV to vice president of government affairs, effective Nov. 1, 2022. He previously was director of government affairs for the past eight years.

Marvin Bozarth, one of the retread industry’s foremost experts and a past managing director of the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and executive director of the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA), died Sept. 1, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Mo. He was 85.

Vaculug has announced that it has appointed Glenn Sherwood to its main board as Chief Growth Officer. Sherwood will be responsible for Vaculug’s new growth initiatives both on the fleet side as well as the technology and product side of the business.  

Ulm, Germany-based NeroForce GmbH has announced that it has appointed Ceren Coban to the position of Junior Product Manager with effect from 1 August 2022.

Marangoni Spa has reported the sudden death of former CEO Massimo De Alessandri, who passed away suddenly on July 19.

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) board have announced the election of Bridgestone Americas Inc. executive Debra Hamlin to secretary, June 24, during its summer board meeting in Orlando, Fla.

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has reorganised its leadership team in a move to create an organisational structure that will better serve TIA’s mission into the future, CEO Richard “Dick” Gust has announced.