Trenton, NJ - February 23, 2009 - - Dana Carson has been promoted to Managing Director of Hutchinson Tire North America. After spending a year as Aftermarket Sales Manager, Carson now assumes responsibility for the expansion of Hutchinson’s bicycle tire division.

“I’m honored to take the helm of a company that develops the most cutting edge bicycle tires in the world,” states Carson. “With rapidly expanding sales of our Road Tubeless technology, seven Tour de France Victories in the last ten years, and World Cup, World Champ and Olympic winning mountain bike designs in our lineup, we’re taking this great brand to new heights.”

STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS AND STREAMLINING DISTRIBUTION
Carson brings a wide and varied resume that is helping to maximize Hutchinsons’ market share. Starting as a road racer from Southern California, Dana worked in bicycle shops as a kid, ran the custom bike build program at Performance Bike in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and eventually ran his own Sales agency representing Bianchi, Sinclair Imports and Hincapie Sports.
Since being hired in January of 2008, Dana has made it his mission to provide distributors, dealers and ultimately consumers with the best bicycle tires on the market - Hutchinson.

About Hutchinson
Hiram Hutchinson, an American expatriate, founded Hutchinson in France in 1853 and began producing bicycle tires in 1890. Starting with the first of Louison Bobet’s three Tour de France victories in 1951, legends from Jacques Anquetil to Anne-Caroline Chausson, Nicolas Vouilloz, the Seven-Time Tour de France winning Postal/Discovery Team and current Olympic and multi-time World Champion Julien Absalon have proven the superiority of Hutchinson tire technology.

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