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Corporate strategy Hankook & Company to set up CVC with $11 mn in funding

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., announced Thursday a plan to launch a wholly owned corporate ve...

Corporate strategy Hankook Tire seeks to evolve beyond tires, auto parts

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., will ramp up battery production for energy storage systems and ...

Automobiles Hankook Tire, Lamborghini strengthen ties as chairmen set to meet

Cho Hyun-bum, chairman of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., i...

Automobiles Hankook Tire gains edge over Chinese rivals under Trump tariffs

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee -- Early this month at the Hankook Tire plant in Clarksville, construction workers were installing the steel framework of its...

Chemical Industry HD Hyundai OCI supplies recycled tire materials to Hankook Tire

HD Hyundai OCI, the petrochemical affiliate of HD Hyundai Oilbank, said on Tuesday it started to supply Hankook Tire & Technology with recycled ...

Automobiles Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology said on Wednesday that it started to supply its Ventus S1 evo Z tires as original equipment for BMW's se...

Automobiles Hankook Tire to develop AI-based tire pattern generation models

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., said on Friday that it s...

Automobiles Hankook Tire to supply tires to Mercedes-AMG for first time

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. said on Wednesday that it will supply its tires for Mercedes' high-performance brand AMG's sports car, the GT Coup...

Automobiles Hankook Tire extends sponsorship of Europa League for 3 years

Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Tuesday that it extended its official sponsorship contracts with the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa C...

Automobiles Hankook Competition to participate in Nürburgring 24 Hours

Hankook & Company Co., Hankook & Company Group's business holding company, announced on Wednesday that its sponsored motorsport team Hankook...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hankook Tire buys $1 bn Hanon Systems stake from Hahn & Co.

Hankook Tire and Technology Co. on Friday reached a preliminary agreement to buy 1.37 trillion won ($1 billion) worth of shares in Hanon Systems Cor...

Automobiles Hankook Tire-sponsored Formula E São Paulo Round 4 to be held

The 2024 São Paulo E-PRIX, the fourth round of the 10th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the world's premier electric vehi...

Automobiles S.Korea commercializes recycled materials EV tire

South Korea's Hyosung Advanced Materials, SK Chemicals Co., and Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Mar. 6. that they commercialized a dedica...

Automobiles Hankook Tire to supply tires to Toyota truck Hino

Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Wednesday that it will supply new tires for the mid-sized truck Hino from the Japanese Toyota Group.The t...

Automobiles Hankook Tire unveils all-season tire Kinergy XP in N.America

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Wednesday that it will launch its all-season grand touring tire Kinergy XP in the North Ame...

Leadership & Management Hankook vows to prevent hostile bids after MBK tender offer fails

Hankook & Company Co., the holding company of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., said on Tuesday it will ...

Leadership & Management MBK raises Hankook bid price, asks FSS to probe Cho's stock purchase

The sibling rivalry for control of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Techno...

Leadership & Management Hankook prepared to defend MBK Partners’ takeover bid: Chairman Cho

Cho Hyun-bum, chairman of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co., said ...

Leadership & Management Cho Yang-rai to fight back in MBK Partners’ bid to acquire Hankook Tire

Cho Yang-rai, honorary chairman of Hankook & Company Co., has vowed to fight MBK Partners Ltd.’s bid to take over the holding company of S...

Automobiles Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant

South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co., the logistics automation solutions affiliate of Hyundai Group, secured a $82 million contract to equip Hank...

Leadership & Management Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in

The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...

Automobiles South Korea’s Hankook Tire looks to direct tire sales in Taiwan

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire manufacturer, is launching a local corporation in Taiwan to directly sell tires in t...

Artificial intelligence Hankook Tire develops AI-based EV customer analysis system

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it has developed a voice of the customer (VOC) analysis system for electric v...

Robotics Hankook & Company to expand to robotics with Neubility

South Korea’s Hankook & Company Group, formerly Hankook Tire Group, is expanding to robotics to raise its future competitiveness.The gro...

Automobiles Hankook Tire cuts more jobs as it struggles to recover from fire

South Korea’s largest tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. plans to cut more jobs through a voluntary retirement scheme as the company...

Automobiles Hankook Tire to supply tires for BYD's electric truck

Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it will supply the Hankook RA08, a tire for a small truck to China's BYD 1-ton electric tru...

Earnings S.Korean tire producers rally on strong demand, low costs

South Korean tire manufacturers enjoyed healthy earnings thanks to strong global demand for electric vehicles and new cars adding to expectations th...

Automobiles Hankook Tire takes on market for high-end sports cars

South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology is reinforcing its partnerships with makers of high-performance sports cars based on a systematic develo...

Automobiles Hankook Tire to cut workforce at fire-hit Daejeon plant

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s largest tire maker, will cut its workforce at the fire-hit production complex in Daejeon thro...

Automobiles Hankook Tire's iON brand wins Red Dot Design Award

South Korean tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology said on Thursday that its electric vehicle (EV) exclusive tire brand, "iON," has secured four ...