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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Appoints CEO
Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has appointed Mike Askew as chief executive officer. He joins the company from APPH Group, who design and manufactures hydraulic systems and landing gears for commercial and military aircraft.
Mike had been managing director at APPH for almost three years and before that he held senior positions at Doncasters and GKN Westland Helicopters.
At the same time Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman and managing director, Ian Edmondson, is appointed deputy chairman of the group's holding company, Castle Equity Limited.
Since Ian joined Dunlop Aircraft
Tyres in 2007, the company’s annual turnover has doubled to over £40 million and the firm has successfully expanded its production capability both in the UK and overseas, including the opening of a distribution and retreading facility in China.
“Ian’s strategy of geographic expansion and product development has been tremendously successful,” said Mike. “I look forward to using my experience and working to build on these achievements at this exciting time for the company.” Ian Edmondson added: “Apart from the company’s business success, from a personal perspective being at the helm
during our very special centenary year in 2010 and winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise last year stand out as two highlights during my term of office.
“The company, through the efforts of all its employees, is achieving so much and I look forward to its continuing success under Mike's leadership.”
Mike Askew joins Dunlop Aircraft Tyres as chief executive officer
Apollo Tyres wins Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards
BOTO Partners with Bandvulc to Wholesale Tyre Range
Indian tyre manufacturer and retreader Apollo Tyres has announced that it has been conferred with an Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) 2012 South Asia. Apollo received this award in the Health Promotion category for its HIV AIDS initiative. Sunam Sarkar, Chief Financial Officer, Apollo Tyres Ltd received the award from the Enterprise Asia Team.
Apollo Tyres has been working towards awareness and prevention of HIV AIDS amongst employees, business partners and communities since 2001. Today, apart from having an HIV AIDS Policy at the workplace, Apollo runs as many as 21 health care centres across India in the major transport hubs for the trucking community. In addition, the
company also conducts sensitisation sessions for its business partners with the help of in house Master Trainers.
Commenting on this, Onkar S Kanwar, Chairman, Apollo Tyres Ltd said, “Caring for society has always been a core value at Apollo Tyres and an award of such merit and standing only strengthens our resolve to ensure that our social responsibility initiatives continue to be treated as key business goals, backed by a
long term strategic business thought and sound business processes.”
In the past fiscal, the 21 health care centres run by Apollo Tyres treated over 4,500 patients for sexually transmitted infections and over 38,500 patients for general health issues; while over 29,500 people
Bandvulc is pleased to announce the addition of BOTO to its wholesale commercial tyre range. BOTO has invested over UK based retreader Bandvulc is pleased to announce the addition of BOTO to its wholesale commercial tyre range. BOTO has invested over £250 million in people, technology and buildings to produce an annual production capacity of over 3.6 million BOTO radial truck and bus tyres.
Although relatively unknown within the UK, BOTO is recognised as a worldwide new tyre brand with a good reputation in countries such as South Africa and Australia, particularly for its rugged off-road tyres.
BOTO fits well within the Bandvulc product range as a budget new tyre to complement its premium and mid- range tyre portfolio. Following in
depth research and testing Bandvulc is already seeing strong demand; sales of BOTO have more than trebled in FY2012 with performance in 2013 expected to continue growing as customers take advantage of the competitive edge on offer.
This October saw BOTO presented in partnership with Bandvulc for the first time at the Brityrex Show in Manchester. The range has also recently been introduced to Bandvulc’s Key Partner Network with favourable feedback.
Unlike many Chinese tyres produced by third-party manufacturers, BOTO tyres are manufactured in its own factory which ensures consistent quality and performance. BOTO tyres adhere to the new tyre labelling legislation and are certified as REACH compliant.
underwent counselling on HIV AIDS, and 13,000 people underwent voluntary testing for
HIV AIDS.
Enterprise Asia’s Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards program (AREA) recognises and honours Asian businesses for championing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in the following categories: Green Leadership, Investment in People, Health Promotion, Social Empowerment, SME CSR and Responsible Business Leadership.
Goodyear Dunlop Launches PrecurePro
Sunam Sarkar, Chief Financial Officer, Apollo Tyres Ltd receiving the AREA award from the Enterprise Asia Team
Late last year Goodyear Dunlop introduced PrecurePro, a further development of its commercial vehicle tyre retreading programme. The tyre maker describes PrecurePro as a “comprehensive range of pre- cure retreading solutions that reduce vehicle operating costs and support retreading partners and fleets.” The ultimate goal of PrecurePro, it adds,
is to give partners the required edge in a competitive market. Elaborating on the programme, Goodyear Dunlop says PrecurePro offers retreading partners a complete professional
support package, which covers marketing tools, technical advice and assistance as well as hardware recommendations and training opportunities. This support is complemented by a full range of pre- cure treads and retreading accessories that have been developed by the same teams that design Goodyear
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