Amerityre Corp., which develops new polyurethane elastomer tire technologies, has undergone a key leadership change with the resignation of President and CEO Gary Benninger.
Michael Kapral, previously the vice president of marketing, has been appointed to take Benninger’s place in the top spot.
Benninger will continue to serve on Amerityre’s board of directors.
“Gary has worked hard to put the company in a position to begin manufacturing and selling solid polyurethane forklift tires,” says Chairman Louis Haynie. “Now, with Mike taking the reins, we expect his knowledge and experience in the tire and tire product markets will launch those tires successfully,” he adds.
“I am confident in the performance of the company’s new solid polyurethane forklift tires, and I am very excited to lead the introduction of this product to the marketplace,” says Kapral.
Prior to joining the firm last year, Kapral was general manager of the Tire Products Division of the Carpenter Co., a producer of polyurethane materials and products. He has been in the tire industry for more than 25 years. His experience includes tire fill material manufacture and sales, retread manufacturing operations, retail tire sales ranging from medium truck tires to off-the-road tires. He began his career working for his father in their retread shop, later moving into retail sales in their four store tire business located in Southern New York State. Before joining Carpenter, Kapral worked as the medium truck territory manager for Bridgestone Firestone in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Amerityre was founded in 1995 as the American Tire Corp. In 1999 the name was changed to Amerityre as development continued on its Flatfree technology, later graduating to work on polyurethane Elastothane elastomer technology. The endeavor includes tire fill, solid tires, composite tires and pneumatic auto tires. It is based Boulder City, Nev.
For more information, visit www.amerityre.com.
