Is Kumho a Chinese tire?

Kumho Tyre is not a Chinese brand, but a globally renowned tyre manufacturer originating from South Korea, founded by the South Korean Kumho Asiana Group in 1960. Although the brand has three major production bases in Nanjing, Tianjin and Changchun in China, as well as a localized R&D centre, with an annual production capacity of 30 million tyres, and supplies original equipment tyres for many mainstream Chinese auto brands, its core technology and brand ownership remain with South Korea. In 2018, China's Doublestar Group acquired a 45% stake in Kumho Tyre, but the brand's operations and R&D system remain independent. Therefore, strictly speaking, it remains a tyre brand with South Korean technological heritage and global production.