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<\/p>\nHankook Tire is this year celebrating its 85th anniversary, having began back in 1941 in South Korea as a small industrial enterprise under the name ‘Chosun Daiya Industrial’.<\/p>\n
Since then, Hankook has become one of the world\u2019s leading tyre manufacturers with eight production sites across five continents, 20,000 employees and a presence in more than 160 countries. Today, Hankook has seven regional company headquarters, five development centres and 39 local subsidiaries.<\/p>\n
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Leading car manufacturers trust on Hankook<\/strong> Global motorsport partner<\/strong> Additionally, Hankook is the technical partner and exclusive tyre supplier for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series. Since the beginning of the year, Hankook has underlined its strategic importance in international motorsport as a Global Partner of the FIA, strengthening its close cooperation with the world federation. The parties\u2019 shared goal is to promote innovation, sustainability and safety in motorsport and future of mobility.<\/p>\n Sustainability as a driver for growth<\/strong> Consistent further development in Europe<\/strong> Hankook Tire is this year celebrating its 85th anniversary, having began back in 1941 in South Korea as a small industrial enterprise under the name ‘Chosun Daiya Industrial’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":41826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,1],"tags":[789],"class_list":["post-41825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hankook","category-news","tag-hankook"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n85 years of technological development have made Hankook a sought-after tyre supplier for the original equipment market. At present, the company has 50 OEM partnerships worldwide with leading car manufacturers \u2013 many of them in Europe. In this anniversary year, Hankook received a special recognition: Auto Bild named the company the \u201cTop Manufacturer of the Year 2026\u201d in the summer tyre category based on outstanding results in multiple tyre tests.<\/p>\n
\nHankook plays a significant role in motorsport too. As an exclusive tyre supplier and Official Technical Partner to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Hankook demonstrates that high performance and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. Since 2025, Hankook has also been the exclusive tyre partner for another FIA world championship, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).<\/p>\n
\nAt Hankook, the anniversary year also marks progress towards a more sustainable future of mobility. In 2025, the company was awarded the highest \u201cA\u201d leadership rating in the \u201cClimate Change\u201d category by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for the second time. In 2024, Hankook launched the iON GT, the first EV tyre to get an EU tyre label bearing a triple A rating \u2013 consisting of up to 77 per cent ISCC PLUS-certified sustainable raw materials. The \u201cNet Zero by 2050\u201d goal has been defined in accordance with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is consistently pursued.<\/p>\n
\nHankook currently employs nearly 4,000 people in Europe and generates around 45 per cent of its total sales here. Hankook started production in Europe in 2007, and broke ground on the expansion of its Hungarian plant in February 2025. A new production line for truck and bus tyres, with a capacity of up to 800,000 units per year, is set for completion there by 2027. The total investment amounts to \u20ac540 million. With the new facility, Hankook will create 450 additional jobs at the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"