June 10, get the expert's findings, the State Administration of Quality Supervision on the part of the Hankook Tire issued a security hazard risk warning notice. This is a Korean tire company in China this year faced a storm of second quality. The last time the Kumho tires. Kumho Tire plant in Tianjin from the quality of the exposure to the Changchun plant caused due to the salary question was halted. Just three months, China's four major bases in the Kumho two are caught or still in the stall state.

    Serious point, but the Korean tire of the "anti-strike" capability allows the industry accidents. Brand reputation, such as life in the moment, the Korean tire why so hard to survive in China? "Quite simply, the price advantage, which makes Korean tires are basically supporting the monopoly of the domestic market," a world-renowned consulting firm, said Zhang Jun, senior automotive analyst, and this is the quality of Korean tire storm so "tough" the main reason. However, from high-strength low cost control, and this mechanism most likely to produce negative results of the two is the "quality crisis and the work stoppages." Prior to the Korean tire, Japanese OEMs have verified the rules of survival of non-sustainability.

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    Starting from June 7, Kumho Tire Changchun plant to stop the hands of the 400 employees work, the collective into a suspended state, because of low wages, few benefits and poor working conditions and long unresolved.

    It is reported that Kumho Changchun factory old basic salary less than 1000 yuan, while another employee has confirmed to reporters that, if you do not work overtime, then, can only get 1200 yuan a month salary. In the case of soaring prices, the wage level is difficult to ensure the basic needs of life.

    After six days (including weekends) and adhere to, ultimately, by the Conservancy on behalf of the local labor bureau to come forward with factory factory workers to improve wages for the talks, both sides give and take, Kumho's largest plant in China was able to June 13 resume production.

    Kumho Tire in China company official told reporters the issue has repeatedly denied the existence of lay-off, while another Korean-brand tires - Hankook Tire "cover" for a long time the quality of the AQSIQ has finally been exposed.

    June 10, AQSIQ on the part of the Hankook Tire issued a security hazard risk warning notices, said it had organized experts to the production of Jiangsu Hantai Tyre Co., Ltd. launched a defect investigation of the tires, analyzing the results showed that some batches of Hankook Tire problems due to design or manufacturing process, leading to the inside of the tire carcass cord exposed, flat tire caused the accident, a serious impact on traffic safety. And publicity, "the first 50 weeks of 2010 the production of specifications for the 11R22.5AH18 Hankook Tire for medium and large passenger cars in the distance, there are quality and safety problems."

    11, Hankook Tire in a statement posted on the official website: that would be mentioned in the warning notice on their own recycling and waste product batches, involving 246. At the same time all production batches will 11R22.5AH18 censorship and protect consumer rights activists. Relative to the Kumho, Hankook relatively positive attitude, but "positive" behind "20 tires, 8 appeared on the flat tire at high speed" and "Life Class" risk complaints.

    However, quality and downtime storm did not seem to shake the Korean tire in the Chinese market superiority. From the Kumho accident so far, no domestic car prices come out publicly supporting statement will stop Kumho right. A joint venture company responsible mainstream told reporters that this is because most of the support contracts and orders have been signed at the beginning, on the other hand from Kumho, Hankook Tire for supporting China's vehicle market (OE supporting market) monopoly.

    Data show that in 2010, the soaring prices of natural rubber and other raw materials in the case, Kumho Tire is still in China earn pours, passenger car tire retail market sales growth reached 20% support, the market share rose 25 percent; Hankook OE supporting the same amount exceeded 10 million, an increase of 40%.