Hankook Tire to build a new research and development center in Korea

Hankook Tire is preparing a change of location for the most important research and development center of the company. As the tire manufacturer, announced today the new center will be released in Korea in Daejeon.
Seung Hwa Suh, Vice President and CEO of Hankook Tire and Hong-Chul Yum, Mayor of Daejeon Metropolitan City, have already signed a contract that reflects the relocation of Hankook Tire's website Innopolis Daedeok research.

With an area of 66,000 square meters, Hankook Tire will build Korea's largest research and development center of tires. After the completion of construction in 2013, the new center, research and development departments Hankook Tire under one roof. The current center will be renovated and used for future research on new production technologies and tests that have taken place in Geumsan.

The continued growth of Hankook tire is driven by continued investment in research and development. Our tires are among the best designers around the world to develop the tires to the highest technical level, "said Seung Hwa Suh, Vice President and CEO Hankook Tire. "We have very ambitious goals. With new research and development center, we will expand our technological superiority, so our customers around the world can continue to provide high quality tires.

Sustainable growth has always been an integral part of the business philosophy of Hankook Tire. With the new center of the tire manufacturer is entering a new Forschungs environmentally friendly materials and technologies. Continued investment is paid by other means. Globally, the innovative technologies of premium tires Hankook high performance tires are much in demand.

European Technical Center in Hanover-Langenhagen developed high-performance tires that are designed specifically for the European market. Here, too, Hankook uses advanced technologies to innovations such as new rubber compounds and optimized profiles. Everyone is in the sites of Korea, China, Japan and research centers in the U.S.. Tire manufacturers annually invests five percent of its profits in research and development. Six percent of employees are active only in research centers.