FAIRLAWN, Ohio (Aug. 27, 2014) — Tire industry veteran Minoo D. Mehta has joined agricultural tire specialist Balkrishna Industries Ltd.'s (BKT) ag tires sales team.
Mr. Mehta becomes vice president of agricultural tire sales for BKT – U.S., and will be based in BKT's office in Fairlawn. He has more than 40 years of international experience in business, mostly in the U.S. and Canada, according to BKT.
For the past seven years he has been with Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. in Findlay, Ohio. BKT said that under his leadership, Hercules “expanded its international business in various product categories.” Subsequently, as director of commercial tires marketing at Hercules, “he headed strategic product groups resulting into extensive business growth,” according to BKT.