Hankook Breaks Ground on R&D Center
Hankook Tire broke ground on the construction site of a new research center – “Hankook Technodome” – in Daejeon, Korea, today. The tiremaker plans to invest $266 billion won on the R&D center, which is scheduled to complete construction in 2016. The facility is the tiremaker’s seventh research center and will play a bridging role
Hankook Tire Clarksville Site Prep Underway; Headquarter Relocation Hinted
According to local reports, site preparation and grading are now underway for the Hankook Tire America Corp. plant in Clarksville, Tenn. Mike Evans, executive director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board, told The Leaf Chronicle that Hankook has also set up a temporary office in Clarksville. The company is close to making a decision
Giti Breaks Into Top 10 Leading Tiremakers
Changes At The Top This year’s annual tire manufacturer ranking have brought with them a number of key changes at the top of the table. The growth of Far Eastern manufacturers and Chinese companies in particular has long been observed, but 2014 sees Singapore-based Giti Tire break into the top 10 and Taiwan-based Maxxis/Cheng Shin
More on Hankook’s Tennessee Plant Announcement
Yesterday’s long awaited announcement of Hankook Tire Co.’s selection of a site for its first U.S. tire plant – its eighth overall – brought to a close some five years of speculation, talks that only heated up more as its Hankook Tire America Inc. unit grew past $1 billion in annual sales. Hankook Vice Chairman
