Sumitomo promotes Falken executive
Tire Business staff report
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has promoted Yasushi Tanaka, chairman and ceo of the company's Falken Tire Corp. subsidiary, to the position of executive officer for SRI.
Mr. Tanaka will continue to be chairman and ceo of Falken, positions he's held since January 2007, and be based at Falken's headquarters in Fontana, California.
Mr. Tanaka, who joined SRI in 1976, has spent the majority of his career in the company's export and OE departments, Falken said.
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