Kumho Tires

Kumho Tires

Infobox Korean name
logo=Logo kumho new.gif
logowidth=140px
hangul=금호
hanja=錦湖
rr=Geumho
mr=Kǔmho

Kumho Tire Co, Ltd. lse|KHTC, formerly known as Samyang Tire, is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol") headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Kumho means "bright lake" in Korean. It is a subsidiary of the Kumho Asiana Group, as is Asiana Airlines, Korea's second largest airline.

Tire Manufacturer

The company runs three manufacturing facilities in South Korea and three in China. Kumho Tire exports tires from Korea and China worldwide, and has a global network of sales organizations. It has three centers for research and development, with the largest in Gwangju, South Korea. The other two centers are in Akron, Ohio, USA and Birmingham, England, UK, servicing the US and European tire markets respectively. The company manufactures a full range of tires under the Kumho and Marshall brands.

In May 2008 Kumho Tires broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in Macon, Georgia. The factory is expected to produce as many as 2.1 million tires annually. In July 2008, the company announced that they would begin supplying tires for the 2009 Ford Focus. [cite web |url=http://thearticlewriter.com/autowriter/kumho-tires-wins-ford-focus-contract/ |title=Kumho Tires Wins Ford Focus Contract |date=2008-07-08 |format=HTML |publisher=The Auto Writer |language=English]

References

ee also

*Kumho BMW Championship
*Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael

External links

* [http://www.kumhotire.com/intro.jsp Official website]


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