Hankook Takes Home Ford Award

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. has received Ford Motor Co.'s 2025 QR ZERO AWARD from Ford.

"The QR ZERO AWARD is Ford’s most prestigious quality award, presented exclusively to global partners that have demonstrated flawless performance over the past year based on outstanding quality competitiveness, including achieving zero quality rejections in parts supply and zero warranty claims," say Hankook officials.

Hankook Tire’s Geumsan, Korea, factory supplies original equipment tires for Ford’s best-selling pickup truck, the F-150. 

Hankook began supplying OE tires to Ford in 1999. "Based on this long-standing collaboration, Hankook Tire has supplied tires for a wide range of Ford’s key models, including the Mustang, Explorer, Ranger, Focus and Mondeo. More recently, the company has also supplied original equipment tires for Ford’s all-electric SUV, the Mustang Mach-E, further demonstrating its top-tier electric vehicle tire technology on a global scale."