Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. (Formerly Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.)

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.hankooktire.com/global/en/home.html

■Address

286, Pangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13494, Korea

Business Overview

-Korea's No. 1 tire manufacturer. The company holds a 30-40% share of the passenger car tire market in Korea (reported by the Company).

-The Company’s businesses are divided into two segments as shown below.

Segments	Major products
Tire segment	Tires for passenger cars, trucks, buses, industrial vehicles
Non-Tire segment	Tire manufacturing equipment, Tire molds

ｰIn May 2019, Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. changed its name to Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.

-Brand Portfolio

Luxury/Sports car: Ventus
EV: iON
SUV: Dynapra
Fuel-efficient: Kinergy
Winter: Winter i*cept、Winter i*pike
Passenger car brand：Vantra
Trucks and buses: Smart
Global brand：Laufenn

Shareholders

(As of Dec. 31, 2024)

Major Shareholders	Shareholding Ratio (%)
Hankook & Company Co., Ltd.	31.15
Hyun Bum Cho	7.85
National Pension	7.22
Pzena Investment Management, LLC	5.16

(*) Including shares held by the Company

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Products

Tires
-EV tires
-Passenger car tire
-SUV tires
-Light trucks tire
-Trucks and bus tires
-Runflat tires
-Winter tires
-Summer tires
-All-season tires

Tubes

Batteries

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History

May. 1941	The Company was established as Chosun Tire Industrial Co., Ltd.
Feb. 1968	The Company changed the company name to Hankook Tire Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Dec. 1968	The Company was listed on the Korea Stock Exchange.
May. 1979	The Company started operations at the Daejon Plant.
Nov. 1982	The Company established an R&D center.
Mar. 1994	The Company acquired ISO9001 certification.
Jun. 1996	The Company established Hankook Tire China Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang, China.
Aug. 1996	Geumsan plant started test operations.
Sep. 1996	The Company established Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co., Ltd in Jiangsu, China.
Oct. 1996	The Company established the Akron Technical Center in Ohio, U.S.A.
Apr. 1997	The Company established the Europe Technical Center (ETC) in Hannover, Germany.
Sep. 1997	The Company acquired QS9000 certification.
Jul. 1998	The Company established the China Technical Center.
Feb. 1999	The Company changed the company name to Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
Feb. 1999	Geumsan plant acquired ISO14001 certification.
May. 2003	The Company acquired ISO/TS16949 certification.
Oct. 2005	The Company decided to built a plant in Hungary.
Oct. 2005	The Company was chosen as Ford's strategic partner.
May. 2006	The Company established the China Technical Center (CTC) in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China.
Mar. 2007	The Company produced 100 millionth tire in China.
Jun. 2007	Hungary plant began its operations.
Nov. 2010	The Company established Chongqing Hankooktire Co., Ltd. in Chongqing, China.
Sep. 2012	The Company was to span off as a separate tyre business from the rest of Hankook's operations, mainly investment activities.
Sep. 2013	Indonesia plant began its operations.
Jun. 2015	The Company acquired 19.49 percent shares of Hanon System Corp. of Korea from Visteon.
Oct. 2016	Held an opening ceremony for Hankook Technodome research center in Daejeon, Korea.
Feb. 2017	Established a winter tire test facility, called Technotrac, in Ivalo, Finland.
Oct. 2018	Tennessee plant began its operations.
May 2019	The Company changed the company name to Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2022	Launched Tire brand for EVs: iON