Webinar: Validating Tire Quality: Developing an Effective Quality Program for Imported Tires
Download the recorded webinar below. | Original run date: Thursday, December 7, 11:00 a.m. EST
In this one-hour webinar, Bruce Lambillotte, Vice President of Consulting at Smithers, and Chad Mowery of Roetzel & Andress LPA will present an overview of recommendations for successfully qualifying tires for import. From understanding liabilities associated with acting as an importer of record to how to develop a quality control program to pursue consistent customer satisfaction, Bruce and Chad will cover several key topics:
- Importer liability & regulatory requirements.
- Standard practices for tire performance evaluation.
- Analytical evaluation methods for tire construction
- How to develop a tire auditing program
After the presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to pose questions to the speakers.
Meet the Presenters
Bruce Lambillotte
With over 42 years of experience in the rubber and tire industry, Bruce has expertise in rubber compounding, tire formulation, polymer chemistry and characterization, physical properties of elastomer materials, polymer product failure analysis, tire reinforcements and product and process development. In his most recent position, Bruce is responsible for analytical and physical properties problem solving at Smithers.
Chad Mowery
Chad is a partner at Roetzel & Andress, LPA. He focuses his practice on the representation of manufacturers in product liability and mass tort matters on both the local and national level. As part of that focus, he has spent over thirteen years representing entities within the tire industry, including a number of tire manufacturers and tire retailers. Chad leads a team of lawyers at Roetzel who specialize in addressing the needs of automotive parts companies. These engagements have spanned from trying individual product liability matters to verdict to serving as national counsel for major tire manufacturers to providing litigation readiness advice to other companies within the tire industry. Chad received his B. A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J. D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Learn more