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• Rockin' 'n rollin'; New Hankook LT tires get poked, prodded in some off-the-road testing.(News)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd.)(Heo Min Soo)

  - 2007-11-05

  Byline: Sigmund J. Mikolajczyk For a big time tire designer, Heo Min Soo doesn't seem to get out much. The 33-year-old assistant manager on Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.'s LTR Development Team recently became the proud daddy of the new Dynapro ATm...

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• Hankook's goal: Grow N. American presence, improve brand image.(Hankook Tire Company Ltd.)

  - 2007-10-22

  Byline: Namrita Chow If Hankook Tire Co. Inc. is to reach its goal of being the No. 5 tire maker worldwide by 2010, it has to expand its presence in North America and improve its brand image worldwide, the firm's top executives said recently....

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• Hankook 1st qtr. earnings decline.(News)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd.)(quarter)(Financial report)(Brief article)

  - 2007-05-21

  Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. reported lower first quarter operating and recurring earnings despite 14.6-percent higher sales. Hankook's sales growth came primarily in Europe and China, where the firm's revenues rose 23 percent. Sales in North America, by contrast, were up only 2 percent to...

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• News In Brief.(Briefs)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd. promotes Seung Hwa Suh)(Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire L.L.C. and United Steelworkers of America continue negotiations)(Titan International Inc. increases tire rates)

  - 2007-03-12

  Hankook names Suh global CEO SEOUL, South Korea-Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has named Seung Hwa Suh-now president and chief operating officer COO-global CEO for the South Korean tire maker. Mr. Suh was the driving force behind Hankook's $625 million car and...

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• Auto News digest.(Briefs)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd. appoints Seung Hwa Suh and Choong Hwan Cho)(SPX Corp. acquired by Marathon Automotive Group LLC)(Mercedes-Benz USA Inc. appoints Alan McLaren)

  - 2007-03-12

  Group 1 adds overseas stores HOUSTON - Group 1 Automotive Inc. is expanding its operations overseas by buying three BMW/Mini dealerships in the United Kingdom. The public dealership group said last week that it expects its purchase of Chandlers Garage Holdings Ltd....

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• Personnel.(Gentex Corp. appointed Mark Newton)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd. appointed Greg Pae)(Henkel Corp. appointed Dan Wohletz)(Brief article)

  - 2006-12-18

  GENTEX CORP. - Mark Newton, 47, to vice president of purchasing and photonics. Newton had been Gentex's photonics engineering manager. Gentex, of Zeeland, Mich., supplies interior and exterior auto-dimming mirrors. HANKOOK TIRE CO. LTD. - Greg Pae, 49, to...

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• International.(Bridgestone Corp. in Hungary to expand its production operations in)(Bridgestone Corp. to upgrade its plant in Costa Rica)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd. opens a new facility in Dunaujvaros)

  - 2006-08-14

  Bridgestone breaks ground in Hungary TATABANYA, Hungary-Bridgestone Corp. has broken ground for its $243 million passenger and light truck tire plant in Tatabanya, which will use the firm's BIRD (Bridgestone Innovative & Rational Development) tire-making process. The plant, to be operated...

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• Hankook claims tire has 25% lower rolling resistance.(Hankook Tire Company Ltd. develops car tires)(Brief article)

  - 2006-06-05

  Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has developed a car tire that it claims has 25-percent lower rolling resistance than comparable passenger tires while offering better wet grip and equal wear. Hankook plans to roll out the tire, dubbed the fx-Optimo, initially for hybrid vehicles in...

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• Hankook Tire's U.S. sales up 30%.(News)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-02-02

  Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.'s sales in North America jumped 30 percent last year, to about $250 million, buoyed by rising demand for ultra-high performance tires, the firm's top executive is quoted as saying. The North American sales performance was part of an overall jump...

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• Hankook wins OE contract.(News)(Hankook Tire Company Ltd.)(original equipment)

  - 2003-04-14

  Byline: Sherri Begin Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. has won its first contract to supply a North American car maker with road-going tires, although the company declined to divulge for which customer. The South Korean tire maker also is taking over the spare...

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