Nine facts about Kumho Tyres
- One of the world's top ten tyre manufacturers. Kumho means beautiful, calm lake
- Part of a much larger group of companies including an international airline, Asiana, a construction company and logistics, petrochemicals and finance operations
- Produces nearly 60 million tyres a year at its factories in Korea, China and Vietnam for cars, 4x4s, vans and trucks
- You can buy a Kumho tyre in around 180 countries in the world
- To ensure its tyres meet the needs of the market, Kumho has R&D centres on three continents including one based at Birmingham in the UK
- Original equipment supplier to Chevrolet, Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi, Smart, Ssangyong and Volkswagen
- The leading supplier of tyres for Formula 3 racing and a class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2007
- Demonstrating its advanced motorsport technology, Kumho has successfully developed a tyre for F1
- Kumho tyres are available from a nationwide network of ECSTA Performance Centres
