Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) has expanded its workforce and added two new field engineers to support the business in USA, Canada, South America and Mexico.
The two new field engineers in the Americas will be involved with OTR (Earthmover), industrial (Harbor, Airport, Underground Mining), solid tyres and other CST products.
Albert Sumera will be responsible for the USA and Canada territories. Sumera has 20 years of experience at Yokohama Tires, both in the US and abroad. Recently, he worked as independent consultant for special projects and technical operations for tyre performance testing.
Robert Reid will cover South America and Mexico. Reid has a solid background in the tyres business, having worked at different companies such as PTS S.A./Mitsui and Eurotire.
Both will report to Adrian Leu, Senior Manager Technical Solutions the Americas. The appointment for the new positions is part of the CST 2025 growth strategy and coincides with the appointment of two new field engineers for EMEA.