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Cooper Tire & Rubber appointed John Bodart vice president of Cooper's North American North American

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 Tire manufacturing operations, and Alex Perry as plant manager at the Texarkana, AR, manufacturing facility.

Bodart will oversee North American Tire plant managers, operations excellence, reliability engineering and lean engineering. A 20-year Cooper employee with experience in plant management, quality assurance, mold operations, tire testing and product development, he most recently worked as plant manager in Texarkana.

Bodart earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo National recognition
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, OH, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Findlay The University of Findlay is a private university located in the City of Findlay in northwest Ohio. It was affiliated with the Churches of God, General Conference, and was founded in 1882 by the City of Findlay and the Churches of God, General Conference. , OH. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (body) American Society of Mechanical Engineers - (ASME) A group involved in CAD standardisation. .

Perry will relocate from Cooper's manufacturing facility in Melksham, England. Perry previously served in manufacturing operations, assembly operations and production roles in Melksham and Texarkana. Perry is the first Cooper employee to become certified as a black belt under the Cooper Tire Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster.  program. Perry earned a master's degree in business administration from Henley Business School at the University of Reading in England.

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