Hankook reaffirms commitment to technology

"We will continue to invest approximately 5% of revenues in improving the quality of our products," says Hankook Tire America Corp. Chief Technical Officer Hwi Joong Kim.

Technology, according to Kim, "is a the heart of everything we do."

Kim has been appointed to Hankook's board "in a move that elevated the strategic importance of technology" to the company, according to Hankook officials.

Hankook's Dynapro MT RT03 off-road tire and Ventus S1 evo performance tire recently scored high marks in tests run by several American and German consumer market automotive publications.