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Hankook Tire & Technology won the "2025 QR ZERO AWARD (2025 QR ZERO AWARD) from Ford, a U.S. finished car brand, at its headquarters in Pangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, on March 25, 2026. Ford's QR Zero Award is the most prestigious award given to partners who have maintained flawless quality over the past year, including achieving Zero Quality Rejection and Zero Warranty Claims. The award was made for Hankook Tire's Geumsan plant, and it is analyzed as a result of proving global top tier technology and quality management capabilities.
Hankook Tire has been a key partner in a partnership with Ford since 1999, supplying tires for new cars to major models including the F-150, Mustang, Explorer and Ranger. Recently, Ford's pure electric SUV, the Mustang Mach-E, was also supplied with tires to confirm its tire technology for electric vehicles. Hankook Tire has won the Q1 Award, Ford's quality certification system, from the Daejeon plant in 2000 to the Hungarian plant in 2024.
Behind this quality competitiveness lies the technology innovation philosophy of Chairman Cho Hyun-beom of Korea & Company Group. Hankook Tire has established an integrated quality and technology management system through infrastructure leading to its headquarters, Technoplex, a high-tech research institute, and Hankook Technology, Asia's largest test track. Based on this, it is strengthening its position in the global market by mass-producing products of uniform quality at eight production bases around the world. Through this award, Ford highly appreciated Hankook Tire's strict production system and innovative technology and reaffirmed its trust relationship.
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