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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Automotive, aerospace |
Founded | 1960 | (as Samyang Tire)
Founder | Park In-chon |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Il Taik Jung (President & CEO) |
Products | Tires |
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Number of employees | 8,579 |
Parent | Doublestar (2018–present) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 금호타이어 |
Hanja | 錦湖타이어 |
Revised Romanization | Geumho Taieo |
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmho T'aiŏ |
Website | http://www.kumhotire.com/ |
Kumho Tire (formerly known as Samyang Tire) is a South Korean tire manufacturer. Kumho Tire was previously operated as a business unit of the Kumho Asiana Group. Since 2018, it is a subsidiary of Chinese tire conglomerate Doublestar.[2]