Kumho Tire

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Kumho Tire

logo
legal form AG
founding 1960
Seat Seoul , South Korea
Branch Tire industry
Website www.kumhotire.com

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 금호 타이어
Hanja : 錦湖 타이어
Revised Romanization : geumho taieo
McCune-Reischauer : kŭmho t'aiŏ
Car tire Kumho Ecsta HS51 on an alloy wheel in the dimension 205/55 R 16 (2017)

Kumho Tire , also known as Kumho Tire , is a South Korean tire manufacturer with headquarters in Seoul . The company was founded in 1960 and is part of the South Korean Kumho Asiana Group . With over 11,000 employees worldwide, Kumho Tire mainly develops, produces and sells car tires for cars, vans and trucks.

The company's European administrative headquarters are in Offenbach am Main .

history

Kumho Tire was founded as Samyang Tire Co. of Incheon Park in 1960 because of difficulties in sourcing quality tires for his Gwangju Transport business and decided to produce his own tires. Five years later, the company opened its first overseas store in Thailand . In 1971 the first production plant in Songjeong, Korea, went into operation. In 1976, Kumho Tire produced over 1 million tires per year for the first time.

In the 1990s, Kumho Tire established research and development centers in Europe and the USA and began researching racing tires for use in motorsport.

Companies

Group structure

Headquartered in Seoul, Kumho Tire operates eight overseas sales companies, 14 offices and five research and development centers worldwide. Kumho Tire is part of the Kumho Asiana Group, one of the largest companies in Korea, which also includes Asiana Airlines , a member of the Star Alliance.

Production plants

Eight production plants are operated worldwide:

Research and development centers

There are five research and development centers:

  • Kumho Tire Performance Center, Gwangju, Korea
  • Kumho Tire Research & Development Center, Yongin, Korea
  • Kumho Tire America Technical Center, Ohio , USA
  • Kumho Tire Europe Technical Center, Moerfelden-Walldorf , Germany
  • Kumho Tire China Technical Center, Tianjin, China

Others

In its name, the company uses various forms of the English word for "tire" ("Tire" or "Tire") in the singular and plural.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Milestones: Kumho makes history of maturity. In: kumhotire.de. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Who we are. In: kumhotire.de. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Introduction - Business Status. In: www.kumhotire.com. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .