AKRON—Mesnac Co. Ltd. appointed K. Mohamed Hassan as the executive director of its new research and technical center in Akron.
Hassan will lead a multi-functional engineering and technical team, which will focus on specific research and development projects related to the North American market.
Hassan has held technical and engineering positions in the tire industry with companies in the U.S. and Egypt. Most recently, he was assistant instructional director at the University of Akron Research Foundation and College of Polymer Science and Engineering, managing the establishment of an Institute of Elastomer Technology in Saudi Arabia.