#HANKOOK

Design

Opel GT Concept and Real Red Tires

At the Geneva Motor Show, Opel exhibited its GT Concept, a front mid-engine, rear-drive car that is predicated on the production model GT from the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group

Production

Hankook Tire Moving North American HQ to Tennessee

Seoul-based tiremaker Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. is relocating its American headquarters from Wayne, N.J., to Nashville, Tenn.

Business

UPDATE: Hankook Ponders More Automotive Acquisitions

South Korea’s Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. says it may drive growth by buying more companies in the automotive sector.

Business

Visteon Finalizes $3.6 Billion Sale of Climate Control Stake

Visteon Corp. has finalized the sale of its 70% stake in Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to South Korea's Hankook Tires Co. and private equity company Hahn & Co.

Business

BAIC, Apollo Tyres Near Deal on China Venture

Beijing Automotive Industry Group Co. and India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. are close to launching a tiremaking venture in China.

Business

Visteon Sells Its Stake in Halla Visteon

Visteon Corp. has agreed to sell its 70% interest in South Korea's Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to the country's Hankook Tires Co. and private equity company Hahn & Co.

Production

Hankook Plans $800 Million Tire Plant in U.S.

South Korea's Hankook Tire Co. plans to open an $800 million plant in Tennessee that will have capacity to make 11 million passenger vehicle tires per year when it opens in 2016.

Hankook, Vibram & the Art of Driving/Running

For those of us who aren’t runners, the Vibram toe-shoe running shoes still seem to be absolutely bizarre, even though those runners who I do know who wear them swear by them.

Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group