People in the News.Goodyear restructures organizational management Goodyear Tire & Rubber recently announced major organizational changes which encompass its management in all parts of the world. As part of these changes, Goodyear will have a president responsible for each of its strategic business units. In addition, newly-created senior vice president positions will be implemented in several areas of business. Dennis Dick, former vice president of Goodyear's chemical division, was appointed president of its engineered and chemical products division. Moving into the position of senior vice president of technology and global products planning for the company is Joseph Gingo, who previously was vice president of engineered products. The company's research and tire technology, as well as global aviation and off-road tire business units, will report to Gingo. William Sharp William Sharp might be
named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Tire. Sylvain Valensi was appointed president of the newly formed European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community business for Goodyear. Michael Roney was appointed president of Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. , Africa and Middle East business. Other global management shifts include John Polhemus being named president of the Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. region and Hugh Pace taking over as president of the Asia region. Vernon Dunckel was named senior vice president of global products supply. To coordinate the global integration of the Sumitomo Rubber Industries/Dunlop alliance, Clark Sprang was named senior vice president for business development and business integration. TECHNICAL Andrew Tinker was appointed director of the Tun TUN, measure. A vessel of wine or oil, containing four hogsheads. Abdul Razak Abdul Razak: see Razak, Abdul. Research Centre. MANAGEMENT OM Group named Edward Kissell president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Raytheon named David Myers president and chief operating officer. Cooper Tire & Rubber named James Geers vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Mike Burns was named senior vice president of human resources for Goodyear Tire & Rubber. John Perduyn was named senior vice president for global communications, and C. Thomas Harvie was appointed senior vice president and general counsel for Goodyear. The following were promoted to the board of directors of Yokohama Rubber: Takeshi Takao, Hiroyuki Narukawa and Tadanobu Nagumo. Hajime Iioka was appointed corporate auditor for Yokohama. Wardwell Braiding Machine entered a consulting agreement with Dieter Pape, who will work with the company's lever-arm braiding machinery support projects. SALES Advanced Polymer Alloys named Timothy Buckley senior market development manager. Mike Kaminski was appointed regional sales manager by Milacron's Plastics Technologies Group. Datacolor International named Alex Miller technical sales representative. Robert Doman was named vice president of global account management and marketing for West Pharmaceutical Services. Freudenberg named Stephen Morgan sales and marketing manager for the brake hose business. Fast Heat appointed Jill Keating general sales manager. Roel Meijer was named regional sales manager for Spirex Europe. Frank Simonetti joined Reis Robotics as territory sales manager. AWARDS Hector Espinal, Wayne Hall, Paul Shoemaker, Kevin Naumann, Dick Green, Richard Endsley, Dave Smith, Bob Boeschel, Frank Papp and Duane Oxley, all of Continental General Tire, were awarded the company's corporate quality recognition award. Joseph Day, Freudenberg-NOK, was inducted into the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing is awarded annually to by Utah State University to North American companies that "achieve world-class manufacturing status." It was established in 1988 and is named in honor of Shigeo Shingo. External links
ASSOCIATIONS Nancy Berg was named general manager of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers The Society of Manufacturing Engineers [1] (SME) is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. SME is internationally recognized by manufacturing practitioners, companies and other organizations as a source for information, . Chris Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. was named executive vice president of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association. RETIREES Eugene Culler announced retirement from Goodyear after 38 years of service, most recently as executive vice president of North American Tire. DEATHS Margaret Smith, a 26-year employee of SAMPE SAMPE Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering , died May 29. Waldo Semon dies at 100 The man who brought the world vinyl and about 120 other inventions died May 26 at a nursing home in Hudson, Ohio. Waldo Semon was 100. Semon began his work as a chemical pioneer at B.F. Goodrich in 1926. It was during his first assignment with the company that he fell upon the formula to make vinyl, one of the most widely used plastics in the world today. For his efforts in making synthetic rubber for the U.S. military in World War II, Semon earned the !944 Charles Goodyear Medal for research leading to commercial butadiene synthetic rubber. Kish joins Rubber World Kristy Kish joined Rubber World magazine as assistant editor. A recent graduate of Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, Kish's duties include coordinating, compiling and editing information for the annual Rubber Red Book, as well as editing Rubber World magazine. She will also organize Rubber World's annual Spotlight directory, which features exhibitors at the Rubber Expo. |
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