Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres Company has appointed KK Chan as general manager of its retreading and new tyre distribution facility in China. The company is a joint venture with Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, HAECO (Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company) and TAECO (Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company).

Based in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, the company’s new facility will support customers in Asia Pacific and has begun distributing new tyres throughout the region with retreading activities to begin soon.

“KK will provide the leadership and focus that is required to help build our market share in Asia Pacific and to make us a force in aircraft tyre retreading in the region,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman, Ian Edmondson.

“This facility will provide aircraft operators and MROs with greater choice of tyres and, for the first time, local retreading in China at a site that is ideally located for quick and easy shipping to and from most parts of the region.”

Most recently, Chan had been chief executive officer of a China-based subsidiary of DeLonghi and Kenwood.