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Hankook at Tire Cologne 2018: World premières and smart tyre solutions

At Tire Cologne from 26th May to 1st June 2018 Hankook is presenting several world premières alongside current tyre exhibits from the passenger car, SUV, bus and truck line-ups. In Hall 6.1, Stand no. A050, the world première of a completely newly developed passenger car all-weather tyre will be just one product visitors can expect to see in the 400 square metres of exhibition space. In ...

Hankook announces new large-scale expansion plans for its European factory

The premium tyre maker announced expansion plans for the construction of a new truck tyre production unit in Rácalmás, Hungary. The works are set to begin during the 1st half of 2018, while the start of production is expected to commence around 2 years later. The expansion − in a value of around 290 million EUR − is the 4th one in the history of the Company's European plant, which was ...

Hankook Tire Reports Global Financial Results for 2017

In comparison to 2016, the company’s sales increased by 2.9% in 2017. This result was driven by an expansion of the premium OE segment and a sales growth of larger size tyres starting from 17-inch especially in Europe and the U.S. ...

Hankook Tires as Original Fitment on the new Citroën C3 Aircross

Since November 2017, many of the new compact SUV from Citroën have been leaving the assembly line in Saragossa/Spain equipped with Hankook tyres. The Hankook tyres used for original fitment on the SUV, resulting from the C-Aircross study presented in Geneva in 2017, are the premium comfort summer tyre Ventus Prime³ or the all-weather variant Kinergy 4S, depending on size and customer ...

Han-Jun Kim is announced as the new president and COO of Hankook in Europe

Mr. Han-Jun Kim will take over the position of Chief Operation Officer for Europe and the CIS countries for Hankook from the start of 2018. Kim succeeds Mr. Ho-Youl Pae, who significantly contributed to further establishing the Hankook brand in Europe. Pae has been working in this position since 2014 and will take over a new role at the company's global headquarters. ...