Hankook Invests Millions In Indonesia Plant
Hankook Tire Co. plans to invest $357.24 million in the expansion.
Hankook Names Pae To Head European Operation
Pae has been promoted from his previous role in the company as marketing and sales executive. He also will take on the position of senior vice president and member of the board of Hankook Tire Co.
Hankook Opens Production Plant In Indonesia
Hankook’s newest global plant, and its seventh, will serve as an export base for both North America and the Middle East as well as a business hub for its Asian market.
Yokohama Tire Names Andrew Zeisser As Director Of OE Sales
Zeisser will be responsible for the company’s OE business in North America and will lead YTC’s OE sales, engineering and quality functions. He will be based at YTC’s Detroit, Mich., office.
Report Says Hankook Scouting Georgia, South Carolina And Alabama
Officials of South Korea-based Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. will soon begin scouting sites across metro Atlanta for the company’s first U.S. manufacturing plant, according to sources familiar with the project.
Hankook Chiefs Make Forbes Lists
Forbes magazine has declared that Cho Yang-Rai, chairman of Hankook Tire Worldwide, has joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires.
Hankook Catches Baseball Fever With New ‘Great Catch’ Promo
The annual event kicks off April 1 and runs through June 30. During that period, tire buyers can earn rebates of up to $80 on the purchase of a range of Hankook passenger and light truck/SUV tires.
Hankook Earns Ford Supplier Award
Ford has recognized Hankook Tire with a World Excellence Award as an outstanding global supplier, marking the third time since 2005 the tiremaker has received this distinction from Ford.
Hankook Announces Winners of University of Cincinnati Design Competition
The competition, which included third-year industrial design students from the university, was conducted over a three-month period from January through March. Students were asked to create new tire designs based on their own visions of future cars, sustainability needs such as reducing and reusing raw materials used in tire production, and the importance of increasing tire efficiency and meeting specific tire performance targets, the tiremaker said.
Hankook Upgrades Online Dealer Education Program
First launched in 2009, the updated Empowerment Online Training Program provides product, design and safety information that dealers can use at the point of sale when interacting with consumers. In addition to the program’s existing training modules – covering tire basics and details on Hankook tires – two new modules have been added covering Hankook’s winter and commercial tire products.