Cooper realigns marketing department

Seven people have new responsibilities within Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s marketing, product and technical groups.

In marketing/products, Dwayne Beach has been named product marketing director; Kurt Thomas has been named retail sales and high performance/ultra-high performance products manager; Jeffrey Helfrich has been appointed product planning manager; J. Mark Jackson has been named high-performance/ultra-high performance marketing manager; and D. Larry Williams becomes marketing services director.

In technical, Cooper has promoted Jeffrey Schroeder to product development director and Marion Waltz to mold operations manager.