Hankook Tire posts second quarter numbers

Jan. 1, 2020
Hankook Tire announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter with revenue up 18.5 percent from a year earlier.

Hankook Tire, the seventh-largest and one of the fastest growing tire companies in the world, announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter with revenue up 18.5 percent from a year earlier. The company’s operating profit for the same period jumped 112 percent year over year (YoY).

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Hankook Tire’s consistent investment strategies to expand its production facilities including the Hungary manufacturing plant, as well as its efforts to boost the company’s global marketing efforts particularly in the strategic markets contributed to the overall growth in the second quarter.

The company’s Ultra-High Performance (UHP) tires recorded robust 22.2 percent YoY increase in global sales in the second quarter as North America and overseas OE sales saw the largest growth with 30 percent and 38.3 percent respectively for the same period.

Increased recognition from top global automobile brands for excellent quality and performance of Hankook Tire’s UHP tires is playing a key role in the growth of the company’s overseas OE sales, resulting to 41.3% gain in revenue in the same category compared to the second quarter of 2011.

Along with the increase in demand for Hankook Tire’s UHP tires and OE fitments leading the momentum for strong growth, decrease in the overall raw material prices had led to a rise in operating profits.

Seung Hwa Suh, Vice Chairman & CEO of Hankook Tire said, “The healthy, momentous growth we’re experiencing is largely due to our unyielding will to develop premium UHP tires and environmentally friendly products through our advanced cutting-edge tire technology.”

He adds “With our relentless efforts to serve global customers with best quality and service, we will continue to expand our distribution network and raise our marketing activities around the world, strengthening our position as a leading global tire company.”

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