Kumho Tire
- For the North Korean place, see Kumho (South Hamgyong).
Kumho Tire Co, Ltd. LSE: KHTC, formerly known as Samyang Tire, is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol") headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
It is a subsidiary of the Kumho Asiana Business Group, as is Asiana Airlines, Korea's second largest airline.
Structure
Kumho consists of various businesses, including aviation, finance, life insurance, construction, transportation, chemical, and tire manufacturing.
Tire manufacture
It 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 organisations. It has three centres for research and development, with the largest in Gwangju, South Korea. The others are in Akron, Ohio, USA and Birmingham, UK and service the US and European tire markets respectively. The company manufactures a full range of tires under the Kumho and Marshal brands.
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External links
- Kumho Korea website
- Kumho International website
- Kumho Germany website
- Kumho USA website
- Kumho UK website
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