Which country in the Middle East and North Africa is the strongest in terms of the tyre market?
For the tyre market, Saudi Arabia is really important. The Saudi market has huge potential for consumer as well as commercial tyres. The UAE’s market potential is not very big, but what makes it attractive is the mix it offers. The consumer tyre market [here] offers a rich mix that is seen nowhere in the Middle East and North Africa region. This makes the UAE an important market for us. PROFILE: Octavian Valcan Managing Director, Goodyear, Middle East and Africa Valcan worked with Whirlpool before joining Goodyear in 1999 as General Manager for Goodyear Dunlop Tyres in Romania. He later became Managing Director, Middle East, tasked with tapping the huge potential in the region. Valcan graduated in 1990 with a degree in metallurgy and then got a Master’s in Business Administration.
