Carol Hochu: Women Acing It in the Tire & Rubber Industry

As I type this, it is day one of the U.S. Open, one of the world’s most prestigious Grand Slam tennis tournaments. There are 32-seeded women, including Canadian Leylah Fernandez and several Americans including Serena Williams who will be playing in her last US Open tournament. 

This led me to ponder the female “players” who are “acing it” in the tire and rubber industry. The first one that springs to mind is Emmie Leung, Founder and CEO of Emterra Group, a TRAC member company. Emmie was the recipient of TRAC’s Leader of the Year award, conferred at our first-ever industry leadership awards ceremony in June. For over 45 years, Emmie has led Emterra from a one-woman start-up to one of the largest integrated resource management companies. Emmie’s ability to envision business growth and development in the circular economy has led to …

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