Goodyear Names Finkelmeier to Key Role in North American OE Tire Business
20 October 2006 - 4:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company announces that Johann Finkelmeier has been named to the
position of vice president and general manager of original
equipment tires in the company's North American Tire unit.
Finkelmeier will report to Larry Mason, Goodyear's North American
president of consumer tires. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ) Finkelmeier,
53, has more than 20 years of experience in the automotive
industry. He most recently served at Akebono North America as
executive vice president, global strategy & business
development OE/OES sales. Prior to his post at Farmington Hills,
Mich.-based Akebono, Finkelmeier was president of ThyssenKrupp
Steel North America, in Detroit. He also worked in various
positions at Kloeckner & Company, an international multi-metal
distribution firm, and served as president of the Northern Group of
KloecknerNamasco Corporation, in Roseville, Mich. He holds an MBA
from the University of Essen in Germany. Finkelmeier will maintain
offices in Goodyear's corporate headquarters in Akron, along with
the company's OE office in Southfield, Mich. Finkelmeier replaces
Michael A. Parnell, who served as vice president, original
equipment sales, for Goodyear's North American Tire business for
the past two years. An announcement on Parnell's next assignment
within Goodyear will be forthcoming. Goodyear is one of the world's
largest tire companies. The company manufactures tires, engineered
rubber products and chemicals in more than 100 facilities in 29
countries around the world. Goodyear employs about 80,000 people
worldwide. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company CONTACT: Jim Davis of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, +1-330-796-4114 Web site: http://www.goodyear.com/
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