Tag: Hankook Tire

New Research Reveals How Americans Maneuver Winter Roads

New Research Reveals How Americans Maneuver Winter Roads

| December 29, 2014

According to new research from Hankook Tire, most Americans are comfortable driving in the snow with seventy-five percent (75%) of Americans saying they are “fine” with it. Not surprisingly, when it comes to the region that is most comfortable, the gauge revealed that drivers in the west are more comfortable than the Northeast and Midwest. […]

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Hankook Tire To Launch New SMART FLEX DL12 TBR Tire for Long/Regional Haul

Hankook Tire To Launch New SMART FLEX DL12 TBR Tire for Long/Regional Haul

| March 25, 2014

Hankook Tir has announced that it is introducing the new SMART FLEX DL12 Long/Regional Haul Drive position TBR tire for fleet customers. It will be available in six sizes; 11R22.5 14 and 16 ply, 11R24.5 14 and 16 ply, 295/75R22.5 and 285/75R24.5. The SMART FLEX DL12 provides fleet customers with a Long/Regional Haul Drive tire […]

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Hankook Tire Selects Tennessee as Site for Its First U.S. Plant

Hankook Tire Selects Tennessee as Site for Its First U.S. Plant

| October 14, 2013

Hankook Tire, one of the fastest growing tire companies in the world, has announced plans for its 8th global manufacturing plant — which will be located in Clarksville, Tennessee. Hankook will invest over $800 million USD for the new state-of-the-art plant, its first in the United States. The new plant will provide additional capacity for […]

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Hankook Tire Gauge Index Shows Decline in Summer Driving

Hankook Tire Gauge Index Shows Decline in Summer Driving

| July 9, 2013

While summer is often defined by school vacations, warm weather and getting outside and hitting the open road with friends and family, this year’s Hankook Tire Summer Gauge Index found that the number of Americans planning to take a road trip of more than 50 miles has dropped by 10 percent year-over-year. In fact, only […]

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