Kumho Business Group. It was founded in 1946 by Mr. In-Chun Park as a small transport company with her Ford Taxicab belonging to her. Demand was great and business developed rapidly, before he destroyed the war in Korea in 1950-1953. After the war, Mr. Park began his work again and created the fact that today is the largest transport company for intercity bus carriers Kwang Ju Highway Lines, as well as the largest and best manufacturer of tires, Kumho Tyres.
Years later, Kumho Group diversified business at the expense of many areas, some of which have proven their competitiveness at the international level - for example, Kumho Tyre and Asiana Airlines Inc.
Kumho made a huge contribution to the development of the Korean and global tire industry. Despite the short history, Kumho has reached international recognition and success, having received the E1 approval sign from the European Committee on Economics; The company managed to develop a series of 45, 40, 35 and 30 ZR tires for racing and high-tech cars, and, for the first time, for commercial aircraft. As a result, in 1992, Kumho entered the top ten world's largest tire manufacturers. Kumho has succeeded in the development of excellent tires for all types of cars, including high-tech cars, cars, sports cars, recreational vehicles, light trucks, heavy trucks and buses, industrial equipment, agricultural machinery, equipment for mining, construction equipment and aircraft. Kumho Industrial Company Limited produces more than 36,000,000 tires annually at two plants, Quang Zhu (built in 1974) and Coxang (built in 1989). Having certified QS9000, ISO9001, ISO9002, Boeing D1-9000 BQS, BS7750 and ISO14001, both plants guarantee quality control, and, moreover, thanks to a powerful research and development program, which involves about 600 people and more than 300 test devices on research sites. In South Korea, Japan, Europe and South America, Kumho keeps the position and leads the world with the most modern technologies in the field of tire production, in the field of security and quality.
In recent years, Kumho has concentrated its activity in participating in motorsport. Kumho signed a five-year contract with Circiut Park Zandvoort and the company is the official supplier of tires for Marlboro Masters Formula III. Kumho sports technologies worked on Formula 3 Racing are applied by the company in serial production of tires for passenger cars. Since 1991, the South Korman company Kumho is among the top ten world tire manufacturers, according to officially published "Tire Business", one of the most authoritative journals about tires published in the United States.
In the line of models of the company presented sports high-speed auto strokes class comfort, as well as first-class auto strokes for SUVs. In addition to developing the safety and reliability of the car, Kumho engineers are a very important role to design the design of the auto strokes, as a serious addition to the overall look of the car. The combination of these factors made Kumho tires particularly attractive to automakers.
The largest manufacturer of cars in Europe - Volkswagen, signed a contract with Kumho to supply 200,000 tires per year for new VW polo, which are available in the UK from February 2002. Kumho tires are also equipped with cars of such manufacturers as Hyundai Motors Corporation, Renault Samsung Motors Co. CHEVROLET AVEO car is also equipped with Kumho tires.
Kumho Tires is chosen by Daimler-Chrysler AG as a tire supplier for second generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class.
Kumho will supply its Solus KH15 model in the amount of 185 / 65R15 to complete the new hatchback, which is produced at the Daimler-Chrysler plant in Rastatt, southwestern Germany. Kumho Tires has become the first Korean tire manufacturer, working with such a giant of automotive, like Daimler-Chrysler. According to the statement of the representative of Kumho Tires, the company received a contract, as the products meet the technical and qualitative criteria for Daimler-Chrysler.
Kumho Ecsta KH11 tires were chosen by Chrysler Group as the primary configuration of the Chrysler Sebring model in 2007.
Kumho delivers its tires for the primary configuration of the US versions of Sprinter van. Sprinter, which is sold in the UK and Europe markets with the Mercedes-Benz logo, is sold under the Dodge & Freightliner brand name, starting from the first quarter of 2007.
According to the contract, the Kumho Road Venture KL78 tires with dimension LT215 / 85R16 will be installed on the front axle, as well as on the rear axle of the car, where dual tires are used.
Honored Slava enjoy Kumho tires and among the owners of sports and tuning cars.
Manufacturer:
Kumho Tires Co. Inc.
Country:
South Korea
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President and Executive Director
Yong Ho Kim.
HQ (headquarters) Gwangju Plant555, Sochon-Dong, Gwangsan-Gu, Gwangju, Korea (Tel: 062-940-2114)
Address of representation in Russia
Moscow.
Office # 604, Entrance 3,
WORLD TRADE CENTER
Krasnopresnenskaya NAB. 12,
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Tel: 7-495-258-1133
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About company
In Korea, in 1946, in the city of Gvanguya, which in the south of the Korean Peninsula, an enterprising local resident of the In-Chun Park, founded a transport company. At first, her car park had only two old Ford trucks, but the firm was rapidly developed.
Soon, a new war began, which took place from 1950 to 1953, as a result of which Korea was divided into two states. The business of Mr. Park turned out to be destroyed. However, he created a new company, which over time he rose into the largest bus transportation in Korea - Kwang Ju Highway Lines.
In 1960, In-Chun Park decided to create a bus manufacturing company - Kumho Tyres. In 1965, the first tires of Kumho went to export to Thailand.
In the mid-60s, the company enters the US tire market, having received permission to operate from the Ministry of Transport. The volumes of tire production are constantly growing, and in 1974 a new plant in the Gvang and the release of the first radial tires begins.
In 1975, Kumho developed a brand for the European market - Marshal. The European Technical Center (Birmingham) is developing tires.
In 1976, the company receives a certificate that allows the manufacture of tires for the US Air Force. In addition, this contract has significantly improved the financial situation of the company, he served as a wonderful advertising campaign Kumho. And in 1978 the company opens the first representation in Europe and takes part in the largest Essen exhibition of automotive tires, where its products are highly evaluated.
In order to keep up with the times, at the beginning of the 80s, the newest research center was created in the city of Gvang and where all the development of the company was carried out. Kumho's permanent tire sales growth led to the fact that in 1989 another plant was built in Goxengon.
In 1991, Kumho is among the top ten most popular car tire manufacturers. In parallel, tire production for aviation equipment continues.
Throughout the 1990s, Kumho received almost all world quality certificates for their products. Environmental certificates also received all the company's plants. In 1999, the company one of the first in the world has developed a tire that can be operated after a puncture for some time.
By 2002, Kumho ranks second in a survey, which was conducted by an authoritative automotive publication, in popularity among consumers.
In 2003, a plant for the automatic production of auto strokes in Piunctack is built, and Kumho company enters the nine of the best tire companies in the world.
As an advertising company in 2005, the world's first color bus SMoke Tire is produced, which also has its color, with active braking and acceleration emits the smoke of red color, which really liked the street rates.
In 2007, Kumho encloses a contract with the Mercedes-Benz autoconecer on the supply of tires. In the same year, there are two more important events for the company: a car, wagging into Kumho rubber, becomes the winner of the cultural race 24 hours Le Man, and the company presents the world's first aromatic tire.
In 2008, the company's tires are obtained in Germany the category "Recommended Tire".
In Russia, the popular magazine "Driving" constantly conducts tests of various tires. In 2008 and 2009, Kumho Summer Tires showed the best results. By sales volume, Kumho confidently competes with Michelin and Continental. Volkswagen has chosen Kumho rubber for some models.
In the modern world in the automotive market there are a large number of enterprises that are engaged in the release of automotive tires. Their large number does not mean that the market is full of extremely high-quality products - most models have, to put it mildly, not the best characteristics and indicators. And when buying automotive tires, it is necessary to watch not only on the physical condition of the wheels, but also pay attention to the one who specifies the product data.
Today, two corporations are a special place in the market in the market - Kumho and Nokian. These firms produce the highest quality tires that are in excellent demand all over the world. But buying two sets for the season from different manufacturers is impractical and expensive, and choose one of the two is quite difficult. Let's try to figure out which automotive tire models from different manufacturers are the best.
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Tires from the Japanese manufacturer Kumho are the most purchased tires in Japan - here the implementation of these products is just with an incredible speed and with a sufficiently large volume. At home, the producer of Kumho is hardly a monopolist, despite the presence of other tire manufacturers. Also, Kumho gradually began to master the European market and now this firm recognizable worldwide, thanks to the excellent activity of sales specialists, and, of course, manufacturers engineers. So why is Kumho so popular?
Here it is necessary to understand that the quality manufactured by the Japanese products is indeed at the highest level. In automotive tires, everything looks optimally - the pattern of the tread, the side and main parts, the composition of the rubber mixture, etc. Which aspect does not consider which nuance do not consider - in fact in each component in any model of tires Kumho it is quite difficult to find some disadvantages. But this does not mean that they are not at all.
First of all, it is worth noting the excellent clutch characteristics with an expensive. It's no secret that the roads in Japan have the highest quality and are hardly the best in the world. Therefore, it would seem that the tires should be quite "fragile", being susceptible to wear and have a not the highest resource and a margin of safety.
In fact, everything turned out to be absolutely not like that - car tires Kumho have incredibly high resource performance: they are reliable, durable, have the highest class of safety. The most interesting thing is that most of the models from the Japanese manufacturer can also be used on off-road, although it would seem, with Japanese roads to create such tires does not make sense.
It is also worth saying that the tires from this manufacturer perfectly behave on the wet asphalt or when moving along a dirty slippery canvase, because the adhesion with the road is ensured beautiful. This is due to the unique construction of the tire design, as well as thanks to the optimized tread pattern, for the output of which the Japanese use the most advanced computer technologies. It should also be noted that the Japanese work on the release of new models very scrupulously and point.
For example, the Japanese summer tires cannot be used in winter, no matter how good the clutch with the road. The onset of cold weather and a strong decrease in temperature can seriously affect the quality of automotive tires subsequently. Such a lack of versatility for tire models, on the one hand, goes to the credit to the manufacturer, because such a nuance contributes to more painstaking and high-quality work on the product. Well, the minus of non-uniformity is extremely clear, without unnecessary words.
If we talk about Nokian tires, first of all it is worth noting - tires from this manufacturer are among the most popular, well-known and sold in Europe. Especially successful in the Finnish manufacturer of winter models, and some drivers even then convert winter tires in summer to ride in high-quality tires. What is so good in these tires?
The Finnish manufacturer Nokian has always been famous for producing and produces tires to this day with incredibly high quality of rubber performance. Rubber is manufactured for all models according to special technologies, using a large number of absorbent gels, and it is this fact that gives the finish production tires excellent performance. The margin of safety was more serious, the degree of resistance to wear and deformations was increased.
The Finnish manufacturer also worked perfectly above that the speed characteristics of all Tire Nokian models were at the highest level, and for several years it really became so - cars on such tires not only are gaining speed, but also contribute to more rapid braking. We also note that the braking quality of automotive tires Nokian allows cars to significantly reduce the distance of the braking path. Such a measure talks about a higher safety class of tire data, reliability while driving.
I also want to note an additional protector drawing of Nokian tires and its features. The most key point here is the construction of grooves and an increase in their width, which allows the water masses from the contact spot as quickly as possible while driving along with a slippery and wet road. This is another factor that perfectly affects the degree of clutch wheels with the road surface.
Model range of Kumho and Nokian
If we consider model ranks from both manufacturers, you can note the following - at the Finnish manufacturer a range is somewhat wider and more interesting. Nokian is much larger than all the formations of tires - summer, winter, all-season. A large number of independent experts was evaluated by Nokian's tires and repeatedly recognized some models with the highest quality for any particular period.
Despite the fact that the models at the Finnish manufacturer are much more than Kumho, it is impossible to call Japanese tires less high-quality, rather than tires from Nokian. The Japanese perfectly tried in terms of qualities such as brake properties, adhesion with expensive, tread pattern and others. A rubber mixture of Cumido tires is made on the basis of natural rubber, while the Finnish manufacturer uses silica for rubber. This means that the Cummy's ecology class is somewhat higher than that of the tires from the Finnish manufacturer.
But if you look more on high-speed qualities, here Japanese products are inferior to Finnish. The structure of the protector profile is shown in such a way that the overclocking of the car does happen faster on those vehicles that are equipped with Nokian car tires. This is also due to the composition of the rubber mixture, and the constructing of the Cord and the main part of the tire.
The properties of acceleration and brake properties are implemented in Nokian models perfectly, and it is precisely this contributes to the appearance of the effect of fuel consumption. The engine spends less effort to dispersed the car, and for a sharp stop is required less effort due to the fact that the rubber mixture includes excellent paging components.
The most interesting and busy model in Row Kumho is Gripmax 745, known to the entire world community. This model of automotive tires is the all-season, created for passenger cars. Among all other models it is allocated by the highest characteristics and operational features. These properties provide the driver and in the car passengers a high degree of reliability and security.
Interesting here the protector profile, which is kesh. Such a construction guarantees a magnificent clutch both when moving along the wet track and on dry preheated coating. The central longitudinal canal is in a timely manner and quickly carry out the water mass of the contact spot. Such features allow not only to improve the grip, but also significantly reduce the noise level. This means that, accordingly, the level of comfort in motion is also elevated. 
The best model of automotive tires at the Finnish manufacturer Nokian can be called Hakka Green. These tires are designed for use in the summer season, however, many leave these tires and in winter, without even performing operations on tires. All thanks to the optimal composition of the rubber mixture in these tires, which makes it possible to use excellent clutch with the road. Also, this model is characterized by excellent high-speed qualities, forcing the car to accelerate much faster than when using tires of other modifications.
Also in this model, excellent brake properties, as a result, when stopping at high speed, the brake path will be much shorter than when using bushings of any other model. Such braking properties are perfectly suitable for high speed in poor rainy weather.
Such properties of the model of Finnish origin are also special attention, such as rolling resistance and aquaplaning. Both of these properties are at the highest level, which gives excellent clutch with a quick movement, and also improves the reliability and safety of motion.
Comparison of the best models
If we objectively look at all the best qualities and disadvantages of the presented models and fold the resulting result, the Japanese model, nevertheless, completely loses the Finnish analogue. The model from Nokian has more developed strength characteristics, despite the fact that the Japanese model was universal, all-season, and Finnish - exclusively summer.
Also, the clutch is better at the Finnish model, better and speed characteristics. This model is inferior to Japanese tires in the fact that the braking characteristics and overall use of use are slightly worse. Also, the Japanese model is more environmentally friendly due to the fact that natural rubber is used for the production of rubber.
There are few minuses in both models - they are actually no. In general, on the totality of advantages, you can give the palm of leadership model Nokian Hakka Green. And if we judge in general on a model range and evaluate each model, for sure there is a sample of Japanese origin, which will exceed the Finnish analog. But in general, the quality of the tires produced by Nokian, nevertheless, is higher.
Summary
It can be said that Nokian tires are better than Cumido tires. However, the advantage in this issue in the Finnish-made car covers is not too large and certainly not overwhelming, which suggests that over time, Japanese models can overtake Finnish performance, since the progressiveness of tires in the company Kumho is much higher than that Nokian. However, it is meaningless in such matters in such matters.
The best model of Nokian is for sale much better than the Kumho model. And this suggests that not only experts consider Finnish tires better than Japanese - the usual people in Europe and the world thinks in the same way.
Kumho tires (Kumho) - the product of the Korean manufacturer of the same name. Rubber is produced at the factories in Korea and China. The manufacturer owns another brand - Marshal - issued for the markets of Europe and the CIS. Kumho tires appeared on the market 50 years ago, over the past 7-10 years, they entered the top ten world leaders in the tire industry. The company's philosophy is based on the principle of production of inexpensive, but high-quality tires for each car owner.
Kumho technologies: Innovations in budget tires
It makes no sense to talk about the use of technologies to impart the elasticity of the rubber mixture or stiffness of the tire frame. Today, each manufacturer exploits the achievements of science, giving them their own names. It is much more interesting to consider the innovative decision of the Korean company: self-metric tires.
Unlike the Run Flat technology of other manufacturers, the self-metating tires of Kumho do not require replacement after a puncture and can be used until complete wear.
The essence of the technology used in Korean rubber Kumho consists in using the jelly-shaped layer on the inner surface of the tire. After puncture, this layer is delayed, securely sealing the place of the puncture and preventing the outlet of the air from the tire. Interestingly, the weight of one self-metating wheel increases by only 10% compared with the usual.
The manufacturer claims that Cumido tires with new technology were not injured at all in terms of comfort and manageability. On the official website of the company, it was noted that the Korean Concern Kumho became the first to produce self-metric tires in Korea. At the moment, the rubber is produced in three sizes and is still available to Korean car owners.
Kumho laboratories are constantly working on improving the running properties of rubber, improving the driver's comfort, clutch and handling. Today, hundreds of car enthusiasts rated the combination of quality and affordable prices of tires. Korean Rubber Kumho receives positive feedback not only in the world market, but also from Russian drivers.
Catalog Kumho tire
The Korean manufacturer produces four line of tires:
- Passenger
- Freight
- Leggery
- Sports
Each line has a favorite. The model of summer passenger tires is the most popular model. It is produced in sizes from 13 to 18 radius. Kumho tires of this model can be from 1400 rubles, the maximum price reaches 12,600 rubles. Customer reviews allowed to highlight the advantages of the tires:
- dry Surface Clutch
- strong sidewall
- wear
And disadvantages:
- aquaplaning
- sensitivity on bumps
- noity
The tire for passenger cars has slightly lost their predecessor in popularity, but received more positive feedback. Among the advantages are called:
- wear
- aquaplaning
- sustainability
- strong sidewall
Among the shortcomings:
- insecure behavior in a rut. Buyers noted the loss of manageability on an uneven road
Buy the rubber Kumho of this model can be in size from 13 to 22. The minimum price of the tires is 1850 rubles, the maximum - 17,800 rubles.
Off-road tires received the most enthusiastic reviews of car owners. It should be immediately noted that this model carries a loud designation MT (MUD terrain) and not suitable for ordinary roads. This is an extremely mud tire. However, on the official website of Kumho it is said that the tires are adapted for riding on asphalt. Buyers agreed with this approval of the manufacturer with one amendment: when operating on ordinary roads, the tires are quickly erased. Patency and clutch at rubber on top, it does not get stuck in the mud and does not swim in the water. The noise level is lower than the expected, and the behavior on the asphalt is quite balanced. Buy Rubber Kumho KL71 will be at a minimum for 4200 rubles on the Internet. The model is available at 15, 16 and 17 radius.
From the winter passenger tires, buyers noted the model. Kumho tires of this model can be 1800 rubles. Of the advantages noted predictable behavior in the snow, no noise, softness. From the shortcomings, buyers called poor handling on the bare ice and loss of spikes.
Kumho cargo tires are designed in Russia reluctantly. The manufacturer's name here plays a role. Favorable price is the main advantage of the tires for the main tractor. According to the running characteristics of the tires are inferior to premium producers, such as, Goodyear and Kormoran.
South Korean company consisting of the list of largest tire manufacturers. It was founded in 1960 in the city of Kwangju, on the territory of South Korea. Already 6 years after the creation, the company's products entered the international market. The company has 7 factories in different countries:
- South Korea - 3 plants;
- China - 3 plants;
- Vietnam - 1 factory.
In 2007, Kumho Tire has developed a prototype of tires for Formula 1. The annual production of Kumho Tire is from 60 million.
Kumho tires include a number of popular lines.
Kumho Ecsta.
This includes summer brands Ecsta PS31 and ECSTA HS51.
ECSTA PS31. - Car tires intended for use in warm conditions. ECSTA PS31 refers to sports brands. It is characterized by a unique new drawing, providing convenience when driving. A distinctive feature of tires is a high level of balancing, stability and maneuverability at high speed. During the movement, good stability is ensured by placing a rigid rib tread in the middle.
Most reviews from users to these tires are positive. Of the advantages there is a high-quality hook and braking with active ride, minimal noise. The disadvantage is low wear resistance. Soft tires are sensitive to road surface, and knocked out of the rut.
ECSTA HS51 - Car tires intended for use on passenger cars. This brand is designed for use with the warm season. The tire category refers to the class "Comfort", but surpasses the necessary characteristics, and is equivalent to the sports class. The main advantage lies in the easy dynamic controllability, which provides highly elastic steel cord. Good handling is saved at high speed due to central rigidity ribs. During driving, the minimum noise occurs.
Most user reviews for this brand are positive. Of the advantages there is a softness in the process of driving, resistance to road rings, good balancing and braking. The list of disadvantages includes: a slight demolition on turns, the acuity of control and braking is reduced due to softness.
Kumho Ecowing
Ecowing KH27. - Tires for warm-time year, intended for operation on passenger vehicles. The use of these tires saves on fuel. They differ in average cost. With a small weight, they are able to withstand mechanical damage.
Reviews for tires mixed. Among the advantages is: high wear resistance, minimum noise while driving, good management on a wet road. Some users noted a number of disadvantages, including: soft sidewalls, balancing complexity, corrosion management problems. The described type of tire is not recommended when driving off-road.
Ecowing ES01 - Summer tires for passenger cars, with the presence of a characteristic asymmetric tread pattern. Tires belong to the class "Medium". They are recommended to use on small and medium cars, crossovers. Almost all the characteristics this brand has average results. There is a good braking on a wet road. Small comments are the level of noise and smooth driving.
Mixed reviews received from tire users. Most of the buyers noted that this brand is represented by standard tires for normal use. Of the negative sides, it was revealed that braking on the wet surface is worse than on dry.
What do we know about kumho tires
In January 2020, the PartReview had a positive opinion on Kumho tires.
The rating PR - 82 out of 100 is based on 90 reviews and 278 votes. 72 Reviews have a positive assessment, 7 - neutral, and 11 - negative. Average rating assessment - 4.1 (out of 5). Voices were distributed like this: 230 - for, 48 - against.
Users also made up the view of Kumho tire qualities:
- Wear resistance - the spare parts property that determines the rate of wear is rated positively. 3.6 score out of 5.
- Noise - the property of the detail to produce noise - is estimated positive. 4.3 score out of 5.
- Controllability - the property of the spare parts to influence the controllability of the car - it is rated positively. 4.3 score out of 5.
Kumho tires in auto buildings
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