1981 - Established first North American office
1992 - Established first overseas facility and R&D Center in Akron, Ohio
1999 - Started to supply Ford to become its first Asian tire manufacturer supplier
1999 - Moved North American headquarters to current location in Wayne, New Jersey
2000 - Received Ford’s Q-1 Award
2003 - Hankook race tires officially brought to America with the introduction of the Ventus RSS Z211 R-Compound Racing Tire
2005 - Selected as strategic partner of Ford increasing its supply to 2.2 million tires annually, and was the only tire company of six supplying Ford to receive Ford’s gold ‘World Excellence Award’
2007 - Debuted North America’s first ever drifting Porsche, equipped by Hankook Tire
2007 - Supplied tires to Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant
2008 - Only tire company to receive Ford’s 2007 silver ‘World Excellence Award’ marking the second time Hankook has received this honor from Ford