News The key news and events shaping the automotive supply base in the last month E-Mobility How are tranmission manufacturers and the wider automotive industry preparing and positioning for impending rise in hybrid demand? Thermal Modest projected adoption by global OEMs is expected to limit the use of CO2 (R744) refrigerants toniche variants or options in the near term. Who-Supplies-Whom Details of suppliers to the new Buick Enclave. Includes a look at the C1XX platform an...

American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has appointed Tolga Oal as senior vice-president of AAM Corporate. In addition to new role, however, Oal will continue his current position as president of AAM North America and will remain in charge of managing AAM’s driveline business in North America. Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, has appointed Brian Goldstine as the new president of Firestone Fibers and Textiles (FSFT), effective 15 May. Goldstine will replac...

Air International Thermal has appointed Rejie Samuel as its new CEO. Samuel succeeds Todd Sheppelman, who has resigned from the company. Samuel, who is currently serving as the chief operating officer of the company, has over 25 years of leadership and industry experience. Arconic has announced that Klaus Kleinfeld has agreed to step down as CEO and chairman after the company’s board of directors discovered that he sent a letter to its largest shareholder without consultation with or author...

NEWS The key news and events shaping the automotive supply base in the last month.    SOFTWARE On March 13, 2017 Intel announced its acquisition of Mobileye, perhaps the most significant M&A event to date in the autonomous driving sector with significant impact over the next decade and beyond. POWERTRAIN Development of high fuel injection pressure helped in bringing improvement in diesel engine characteristics by reducing emissions and improving efficiency. CHASSI...

Akebono Brake Industry has announced certain personnel changes, effective 1 April 2017, according to a company press release. The company has appointed Takeshi Saito as assistant to president and CEO. Saito will also continue his current role of senior managing executive officer and in-charge of Friction Material business unit. Akebono has also appointed Kiyoshi Tanaka as head of Automotive Sales Division, and Takashi Kudo as assistant to president and CEO, and in-charge of Electric Brake Applic...

Delphi Automotive has appointed David Paja as senior vice-president and president of Electronics and Safety (E&S) division. Paja replaces Jugal Vijayvargiya, who has resigned from the post to pursue other career opportunities. Most recently, Paja served as president of Honeywell Security & Fire. Paja also served in Honeywell’s Transportation Systems segment as vice-president and general manager for China and India. Denso has announced new management structure and personnel changes. ...

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM) has appointed Donald E. Wright as vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Wright will continue to lead the development and execution of AAM’s information technology strategy. Wright joined AAM in 2012 as executive director and CIO.  Prior to joining AAM, Wright served as CIO at Atlas Oil, a national distributor of petroleum products and related services. He has 25 years of experience in information technology and held a variety of ...

BorgWarner has appointed Michael S. Hanley to the board of directors and also the Audit team Committee of the board of directors, the company announced in a press release on 9 November. Hanley is also a director of publicly held Shiloh Industries. In his previous assignment, Hanley served as the partner of Ernst & Young from where he retired in 2014. He was global automotive leader from 2003 to 2014 and was senior advisory partner for many automotive clients. Bosch has appointed Soumitra ...

Akebono Brake Industry has announced a slew of changes in its managerial team with effect from 1 October, promoting as many as 17 officials within the company. The company has appointed Hiroshi Idei as head of its advanced research and development (R&D) group, Toshifumi Maehara as assistant head of advanced R&D group, Hiroai Nakamura as project leader for special assignment Project-1, advanced R&D group, and Akihiro Hikichi as the project leader for special assignment Project-2, adva...

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has moved one step closer to market its self-driving car technology by hiring a former senior executive of Airbnb, Shaun Stewart. Stewart is joining Alphabet as a director of Google self-driving car project. He will help the firm to commercialise its self-driving technology. Audi has appointed Thomas Müller as the new head for its Electrics/Electronics division. The appointment will be effective from December 2016. He will replace Ricky Hudi, who was e...

Akebono has appointed Wilm Uhlenbecker as chairman of Akebono Brake Mexico.  esides the new role, Uhlenbecker will continue his responsibilities as managing executive officer and president and CEO of Akebono Brake Corporation. Apple has hired Dan Dodge, the former head of BlackBerry’s automotive software division, for a key position at its ambitious self-driving car project dubbed Project Titan, reports Bloomberg. Dodge joined Apple’s Project Titan earlier this year and is part of a ...

Akebono Brake has appointed Masami Nagasaki as president of Akebono Brake (Thailand) Co. Ltd. and president of A&M Casting (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Currently Nagasaki is the assistant head of the Global Purchasing division. Additionally, Keiichi Oka will assume the role of senior manager of Corporate Planning Department. BASF has appointed Katja Scharpwinkel as head of Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions Europe business unit in Coatings division, . The position is effective from 1 February...

Alcoa has announced executive management appointments for the Value-Add Company, according to a press release dated 24 November. Ken Giacobbe, the chief financial officer (CFO) of Alco’s Engineered Products and Solutions business, is appointed CFO of the Value-Add Company. Klaus Kleinfeld, chairman and CEO of Alcoa, will be the new chairman and CEO of Value-Add Company. Kleinfield will also serve as chairman of the Upstream Company in the initial phase to ensure a smooth transition. The change...

Continental has named James Bayley new vice-president of commercial vehicles and aftermarket (CVAM) business unit within the company’s Interior Division in North America; Bayley will replace Jerry Gabbard. In his new role, Bayley will be responsible for the company’s strategic development and overall executive management for its commercial vehicles, specialty vehicles, aftermarket, transportation technologies, and original equipment services business segments. Denso has promoted Michael ...

Akebono Brake has appointed Yoshimasa Ogino as chairman, president and CEO of the company effective 1 April 2015.  Prior to this role, Ogino was chairman of Akebono Brake. He will continue to be a member of Akebono Brake’s board. Alcoa has named José Aurélio Drummond president of Latin America business, effective 9 March 2015. Drummond, who will be based in São Paulo, Brazil, will support the company’s transformation strategy to facilitate Alcoa’s growth in the region. Apol...

American Axle & Manufacturing has named Donald L. Joseph its new president, Asia (vice-president, AAM Corporate. In this role, he will continue to lead the company’s regional business, engineering and manufacturing activity from American Axle’s Asia Headquarters and Engineering Center located in Shanghai, China. Asahi Glass has made some changes to its senior management team. The company has appointed Shinji Miyaji as new director in its board. Miyaji is currently senior executive of...

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American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has announced a few new management appointments. “We are extremely pleased to announce the addition of Nigel Francis and Jon Morrison to the AAM executive management team.” said David C. Dauch, chairman, president and CEO, AAM. Axion Power International, named Charles R. Trego as the company’s permanent chief financial officer (CFO). Trego reports directly to Chairman and CEO David DiGiacinto, and the appointment is effective immediately....

Apollo Tyres has appointed Mathias Heimann as its president of Europe and Americas and CEO of its European subsidiary, Apollo Vredestein, according to Autocar Professional. Heimann has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and production. Heimann has earlier worked for years with Continental in Europe, South America and Asia. Chrysler Group LLC has appointed Brian Harlow Vice President - Head of NAFTA Manufacturing. In this position, Harlow is responsible for all assembly, stamping and...

Bayer, a Germany-based plastic materials supplier to the automotive industry, has appointed Frank H. Lutz as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of the group’s MaterialScience business, effective 1 October 2014. Lurz succeeds Axel Steiger-Bagel, who will take over as a senior representative in Bayer for the Benelux countries, effective 1 November 2014. Lutz will also serve as a member on Bayer’s board and executive committee. Benteler, an Austria-based supplier of chassis and e...

3M has promoted Ippocratis Vrohidis as vice-president (VP) for the company’s operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, effective 1 July 2014, reports AMEinfo. Most recently, Vrohidis served as VP of Finance for Asia Pacific at 3M. In his new role, Vrohidis will be work from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Vrohidis succeeded Irfan Malik, who relocated to Saint Paul, Minnesota (United States), as the new VP of finance for International and Staff Operations at 3M, effective 3 July...

3M has promoted Ashish K. Khandpur to senior vice-president of Research and Development (R&D) and chief technology officer, effective yesterday (14 July). Khandpur replaced Frederick J. Palensky, who has retired from 3M. Akebono Brake has announced changes in its management body, effective from 1 August 2014. Akebono Brake has promoted Kazuo Matsumoto to head the company’s Indonesian joint-venture, PT Akebono Brake Astra Indonesia (ABAI). Matsumoto will continue to be a member ...

Johnson Controls has appointed two of its existing corporate officers to new leadership roles to lead the company and develop its enterprise capabilities in Asia Pacific, according to a company press release. Beda Bolzenius will relocate to Shanghai, China to assume the expanded role of vice-chairman of Johnson Controls Asia Pacific for leading the company’s enterprise activities for Asia Pacific. He will also continue in his existing role of vice president and president Automotive Experience....

Aisin Seiki has named Yoshiaki “Yoshi” Kato as president of the Aisin Technical Center of America in Plymouth, Michigan. Kato joined Aisin in 2006 and most recently served as senior managing officer of Aisin’s research and development sector in Japan. His work history includes 25 years with Toyota, including a previous post at Toyota’s Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kato is also responsible for the company’s 950-acre test track and proving ground near Lansing, Michigan ...

DuPont’s Chief Marketing & Sales Officer Scott Coleman has resigned. Coleman was leading DuPont’s marketing and sales practices and competencies, marketing services and the DuPont Brand. The comp Akebono Brake has promoted, Kazuo Matsumoto from officer-in-charge of Manufacturing to in-charge of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, while Seiji Onoda has been promoted from head of Manufacturing to in-charge of the China region. Furthermore, Masahiro Miyamo...

DuPont’s Chief Marketing & Sales Officer Scott Coleman has resigned. Coleman was leading DuPont’s marketing and sales practices and competencies, marketing services and the DuPont Brand. The company will name Coleman’s replacement later. Federal-Mogul has appointed Daniel A. Ninivaggi as co-chief executive officer of the company and chief executive officer of its Vehicle Component Solutions (VCS) group. He continues to be a member of the board, on which he has been serving ...

American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has promoted Alberto L. Satine as senior vice-president of its Global Driveline Operations. Prior to his current position, he served as group vice-president, Global Sales & Business Development at the company. In his new role, Satine will lead AAM’s driveline business and manufacturing operations around the world. The company has also appointed Michael J Bly as the president for company’s European operations. In this role, Bly will be responsible f...

Asahi Glass (AGC) has made changes in its management positions effective 1 January 2014. Kei Yonamoto has been appointed Executive Vice-President, Representative for the Americas, Glass Company. Yonamoto was earlier Brazil Global Project Team Leader. Yoshiaki Tamura has been appointed as Executive Vice-President and President, Glass Company. Tamura was earlier Executive Vice-President and was responsible for overall business management. Marehisa Ishiko has been appointed Senior Executive Officer...

Akebono Brake has announced a few senior management changes, effective from 1 November. Among the main changes are: Keiichi Oka, who is currently general manager of the Corporate Planning Department, will become president and director of Akebono Brake (Thailand) Co. Ltd, as well as general manager of its ASEAN Centre; Paul Abbott, who is currently vice-president of corporate planning, will become senior manager in the department; Fuyuki Sekine, who is currently president and director of Akebono ...

BASF Coatings GmbH has named Thomas Hartmann as Managing Director and Industrial Relations Director of, effective 1 September 2013. Hartmann has succeeded Eva Müller, who has assumed a new position within the BASF Group. Commercial Vehicle Group’s (CVG) Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chad Utrup, is resigning to pursue an outside opportunity, states the company’s press release.  Chad will remain active with the company until 1 November to ensure a smooth transition. ...

American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has named its President and CEO, David C Dauch as Chairman of the company with an immediate effect. The post of chairman fell vacant after the company’s co-founder and Executive Chairman Richard E Dauch passed away earlier this month. David Dauch has been associated with AAM since 1995, serving several key responsibilities in the company. He is member of the company’s Board of Directors since 2009. Dauch was appointed President and CEO of AAM in Septem...

Alcoa has appointed Roy Harvey as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of its Global Primary Products (GPP) business unit effective immediately. In his new role, Harvey will oversee day-to-day operations of the company’s 22 aluminium smelters and nine alumina refineries worldwide, as well as bauxite assets in Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Suriname, Guinea and Saudi Arabia. Prior to his appointment as COO, Harvey was serving as GPP’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2011. He was also a member o...

Akebono Brake is to merge several of its divisions into single entities. Current head of Production Planning, Kazuo Matsumoto, will relinquish his responsibility to head of Manufacturing, Seiji Onoda, who will head up the combined group. Matsumoto will remain Managing Executive Officer; Officer-in-charge, Manufacturing; and CEO, Akebono Europe S.A.S. The changes are effective 1April 2013. Bosch has made a number of management changes, including the appointment of Dr. Rolf Bulander to its boa...

Alcoa has appointed John Martin as the President of Global Primary Products, U.S.. Martin will be responsible for global primary product locations in the U.S. which includes six operating smelters, an alumina refinery and potlining recycling facility. Bob Lenney and Steve Rombough named as Massena’s East and West plant managers are Martin’s successors. American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has appointed Terry J Woychowski as Senior Vice-President, Engineering. Woychowski will lead AAM�...

Alcoa has appointed William F. Oplinger as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), says the company’s press release. Oplinger succeeds Charles D. McLane, who is retiring from the company. Oplinger will assume the new role on 1 April 2013. Since September 2007, McLane has been Executive Vice-President and CFO. Oplinger joined Alcoa in 2000, and has handled several key responsibilities, including financial analysis and planning. BASF has appointed Dr. Bernhard Nick head of the Strategic Plann...

Webasto has appointed Holger Engelmann as the new CEO of its holding company Webasto SE effective 1 January 2013. On the same date, he will also take over as the Chairman of the Management Board of Webasto SE. Engelmann is currently deputy CEO and head of Webasto's roof business. He succeeds Franz-Josef Kortuem, who has been the CEO of the company for 18 years. Pioneer has named Kiyokazu Igarashi as the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. His role involves overlooking ...

11 June 2012: Robert Remenar stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nexteer Automotive. Nexteer Chairman Guibin Zhao succeeds Remenar as the new CEO whereas the Chief Operating Officer (COO) Laurent Bresson will take over as the new President. Remenar will remain on the company’s Board of Directors. The senior management changes are effective immediately. 11 June 2012:  Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (CVG) appointed Dean R. Vomero as the Vice-President of Mergers & ...

Bosch has appointed Mike Mansuetti as the President of the North American business. In July this year, Mansuetti will replace Werner Struth, who will remain the Chairman of the company and a board member of its German parent company. Fujitsu Semiconductor America has appointed Satoru Yamaguchi as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 2 April 2012. Yamaguchi succeeds Hiroyuki Hojo, who has been relocated to Japan as Executive Advisor for Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. Johnson C...

ACCURIDE Corporation has announced the appointment of Gregory A. Risch as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect. Risch has already been serving as interim CFO since October 2011. William M. Lasky, Chairman of Corporation’s Board of Directors, has decided to step down from his position. Lasky will serve as Chairman of the Board until his current term expires in April this year. AMERIGON has promoted Stephen C. Davis as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. ...

3M has elected Inge G Thulin as its new President and CEO, effective 24 February 2012. Thulin will succeed George W Buckley, Chairman, President and CEO of the company, who will retire on 1 June this year. Thulin has been serving as COO of the company since May last year. With this appointment he has become a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. A123 SYSTEMS has appointed Edward Kopowski as Chief Operating Officer, effective 23 January 2012. Kopowski will be resp...

Autoliv announced that its Chairman, Lars Westerberg has decided to resign from the company’s Board of Directors. Westerberg will be leaving Autoliv after spending nearly 13 years. He became President and CEO of the company in February 1999. Eight years later, in 2007, he was elected as Chairman of the company’s Board. Autoliv has elected Lars Nyberg as its new Chairman at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the company on 20 December 2011. Nyberg has been a director of the company since ...

Haldex appointed Ulf Ahlén as new CEO. Ahlén replaces Jay Longbottom who will continue in his role as President - North American operations. He will also assume the additional role of Executive Vice-President, Haldex Air Control division. The appointments are effective by the end of this month. Goodyear appointed Daniel L. Smytka as President President of Asia-Pacific business. Smytka will replace Pierre Cohade, who has resigned from the post. Smytka had been serving at Goodyear as Vice-Presi...

Altair Nanotechnologies appointed H. Frank Gibbard as new President and CEO. Gibbard has replaced Terry Copeland. Stephen B. Huang has been appointed Vice-President and CFO, succeeding John Fallini. Both Gibbard and Huang assumed their new positions on 18 September. Clarcor appointed Christopher L. Conway as President and CEO. Conway will replace Norm Johnson, who has been elected as Executive Chairman. The appointments are effective 13 December 2011. Conway is presently working as President an...

Bosch has appointed new executives for its automotive technology business. All the appointments are effective 1 January 2012. Klaus Meder has been appointed as President of the Automotive Electronics division, succeeding Christoph Kübel. He will oversee the division’s engineering activities. Gerhard Steiger has been appointed as President of the Chassis Systems Control division. He will succeed Werner Struth. Steiger has been the President of the Chassis Systems Brakes division, where he is r...

Bosch India has named Soumitra Bhattacharya as chief financial officer (CFO), effective 1 July, reports the Economic Times. He will also serve as the alternate director to B Bohr, the part-time director of the company. Bhattacharya recently served as the unit's senior vice-president and was looking after the commercial functions of the diesel division. As CFO, his role will include handling commercial functions, finance and administration of the company. Brembo added two new positions in the o...

Continental has announced management changes in its Passenger and Light Truck Tire (PLT) division. The changes will come into effect from 1 June 2011. As part of the move, Christian Kötz will take over as the head of PLT Replacement EMEA (Europe, the Mideast and Africa). Kötz will report to Nikolai Setzer, head of the PLT division. David O’Donnell has been named as head of Worldwide Research & Development for PLT. He will be based in Hanover (Germany). O’Donnell currently oversees key ...

Yokohama Rubber promoted Tadanobu Nagumo to the post of Chairman and President from his current role as the President and representative director. He will also continue to serve as the representative director of the company. The company also named Hikomitsu Noji, currently the director and Senior Managing Corporate officer and President of the Tire Group, as the President and representative director of the company. He will continue to hold his title of President of the Tire Group. Bridgestone ...

Goodyear Asia Pacific appointed Mike Martens in charge of the company’s Australia and New Zealand businesses. Martens took charge of the position from 1 March 2011 and will continue as the Vice President of Goodyear Asia Pacific OTR. Martens replaced Judith Swales who left the company to pursue non-executive board positions in Australia. Leslie Wong was appointed the Managing Director in China. Wong has replaced in his previous position by Iain McDaniels. In India, Goodyear appointed P.K. Wali...

Revstone Industries appointed Dan Dressler as the Vice-President of global purchasing and supplier development. Dressler will be responsible for the development of the company’s procurement strategy, policies and procedures. Dressler brings around 11 years of automotive experience in engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing to the company. Before joining Revstone, he worked with American Axle Manufacturing for procurement and supplier quality development in Guanajuato (Mexico). Panasonic C...

Toyota appointed Robert Young as the Vice-President of purchasing at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc (TEMA). Young is currently working as general manager of materials and vehicle parts purchasing including electrical, body, steel and structural commodities in North America. His appointment became effective on 3 January 2011. Young will succeed Atsushi Kume who took over purchasing operations on a temporary basis after Chris Nielsen, TEMA’s erstwhile chief was tr...

Dura Automotive has appointed Jeff Stafeil as the company’s new CEO. Stafeil replaces Tim Leuliette.  Stafeil was Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer of Dura. Martin Becker has also been promoted to become EVP and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Dura, replacing Tom Chambers. Jim Gregory will be EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Dura, replacing Jeff Stafeil. STMicroelectronics appointed Didier Lamouche as its new COO, replacing Alain Dutheil who has been the compa...

Visteon, having emerging from bankruptcy, has appointed eight of its nine-member board of directors. Donald Stebbins Visteon's CEO and Karl Krapek former President and Chief Operating Officer of United Technologies Corp. will continue to serve the company's board. Among the new members, the company appointed Philippe Guillemot, CEO of Europcar Groupe; Herbert Henkel, former Chairman and CEO of Ireland-based Ingersoll-Rand plc and Mark T. Hogan, President of Dewey Investments LLC and former Presi...

UQM Technologies named Eric Ridenour as the company’s new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ridenour will eventually be appointed as the company’s CEO. Ridenour’s appointment as COO is effective from 1 September 2010 onwards. He will assume responsibility of the CEO from 1 December 2010. Until December 2010, William Rankin will continue to serve as the CEO. After stepping down from the post of CEO, Rankin will remain on the company’s board of directors. Aisin Seiki appointed ...

Grammer AG appointed Hartmut Müller as the company’s new CEO. Müller follows Dr. Rolf-Dieter Kempis who has been CEO since 2007. Müller has been a member of the Executive Board since 2007. He is currently in charge of Strategic Product Planning, Internal Control, R&D, Legal and IT. In addition, Manfred Pretscher was appointed to the three-member board. As a member of the Executive Board and Personnel Director, he is the head of the Central Administrative Departments Purchasing/SCM, Operatio...

BASF has appointed its CFO, Kurt Bock, as the company’s new CEO. Bock replaces current CEO, Juergen Hambrecht, who is retiring next year. Bock has served as the company’s CFO since 2003. He also handles BASF’s North American operations. Bock joined BASF in 1985 and in 1992 moved to Robert Bosch. He rejoined BASF in 1998.   Also, Martin Brudermueller will assume the role of deputy CEO. Brudermueller ha been on BASF’s executive board since 2006 and his responsibilities include the ...

Grammer AG appointed Manfred Pretscher as a new member of the Executive Board. The company’s Chairman, Dr. Rolf-Dieter Kempis will quit from the company’s Executive Board as of 31 July 2010. Thereafter, designated Executive Board Chairman Hartmut Müller, CFO Alois Ponnath and Manfred Pretscher will complete the three-person board of the company. Pretscher has been working with Grammer since 2008. He headed the Truck Product group as well as Group Projects at the company. In his new role, ...

Clarcor appointed David J. Fallon as the new Chief Financial Officer. Fallon replaced Bruce Klein, who announced his retirement after 15 years of service with the company. Prior to this appointment, Fallon was the Vice-President, Finance. Earlier, he worked as the Chief Financial Officer for Noble International. GAZ appointed Siegfried Wolf as the Chairman. Wolf joined the GAZ’s board of directors last year and has been serving the company as Chairman since 1 January 2010. The outgoing Chairm...

Federal-Mogul President and CEO Jose Maria Alapont decided to extend his term of employment until March 2013. He will also continue to serve as a member of the board of directors. Alapont has been working as the President and CEO, and board member of the company since March 2005. He has also served as the Chairman of the company’s board from 2005 to 2007. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. promoted Richard Kramer to CEO & President, effective 13 April 2010. Kramer has also been elected on the...

Bosal Group appointed Aad L Goudriaan as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 April 2010. Aad Goudriaan was previously President and Vice-President of Paccar at DAF Trucks. Goudriaan joined DAF Trucks in 1987 and rose to the position of President of the company in 2004. Clarion Corporation of America (CCA), a subsidiary of Japan-based Clarion, announced a new President for its operations department. The company has appointed Tom Hayashi as the President, replacing Matt Matsuda. Hayashi�...

Kumho Tire named Yuong Nam Byun as President and Managing Director of Kumho Tire Europe GmbH. Byun has held several leadership positions with Kumho, with the most recent as the Managing Director of Sales for Central and South America. Lotus Group appointed Dr. Robert Hentschel as the Director, Lotus Engineering. Hentschel will be responsible for the consultancy services for external customers. His past experience includes serving as the Chief Operating Officer at EDAG. Hentschel replaces Paul N...