03/05/18 – 11:23 A.M.

Cooper Tire has promoted a long time employee and hired someone new to take the open seats. The company announced that Phil Kortokrax is now the Senior Vice President of global operations and procurement. He has been with Cooper for almost 30 years.

Christopher Ball is taking the roles of senior vice president of Cooper and president of North American Tire Operations. Both seats were filled by Kortokrax before his promotion. Ball joins Cooper following a fifteen-year career at Whirlpool Corporation.