Apollo Tyres To Acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Combination creates world’s seventh-largest tire company with $6.6 billion in revenue.
Cooper Tire Adds VP Of Strategic Planning
Former Remy International and Goodyear executive Michael Simon has been hired by Cooper Tire as its new vice president of strategic marketing and planning for its North American tire unit.
Report: Apollo Making Run To Acquire Cooper Tire
If such a deal came to pass, it would create a company with an estimated $6.1 billion in global sales – making it the world’s seventh-largest tire company – with three major tire brands and a footprint that touches the U.S., Europe, South Africa, India and China.
Cooper Tire Offers ‘Take the Money & Ride’ Fall Promo
The promotion, which runs Aug. 24 through Nov. 6, offers a $75 pre-paid Visa gift card for the purchase of four select Cooper brand tires.
Cooper Tire and Yulex Corp. Announce Joint Development Agreement
Companies will utilize guayule biopolymers for the development of the next generation of tires.
Cooper Tire Buying Serbia’s Trayal Passenger Tire Assets
Cooper says the Serbian firm’s acquisition is “a logical next step in the high-quality, cost-effective manufacturing footprint underpinning Cooper’s strategy of profitable top-line growth.”
Cooper Tire Continues College Football TV Sponsorship
Cooper will support the sponsorship with an integrated marketing plan including national advertising, consumer marketing programs and promotions and social media.
Cooper Tire Names New President for North America Tire Operations
Ostrander is taking the helm of Cooper’s more than $2 billion North America operations, which produce passenger car and light truck tires, primarily for sale in the U.S. replacement market. This operation’s footprint also includes wholly owned subsidiary, Mickey Thompson, a developer and distributor of specialty and off-road tires. Ostrander joins Cooper from Eaton Corp., where he was most recently vice president and general manager of the Torque Control Products Division.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Increases its Investments in Mexico
As part of its long-term strategy to produce high-quality, cost-competitive products, Cooper says it will raise its ownership level in Corporacion de Occidente SA de CV., to 58 percent from 38 percent. The company said it will also be taking full ownership of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. de Mexico SA de CV., increasing its ownership to approximately 100 percent from 50 percent.
Cooper Tire Kicks Off the Ultimate Bowl Tour
The winner of the Cooper Tires Ultimate Bowl Tour and three lucky friends will travel on a private jet, their own “team plane,” making stops in Pasadena, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas and Glendale over nine college football-filled days.