Kumho Tire has 3 plants in Nanjing, Tianjin and Changchun in China, with an annual production capacity of 26 million tires. The fourth plant, the Nanjing TBR, is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. The raw material supply guarantee brought about by the Vietnam natural rubber processing plant gives them a significant cost advantage.
In May 2006, Kumho Tire established Kumho (China) Tire Sales Co., Ltd. in Anting, an automobile city, to take full responsibility for the product sales of Kumho's four plants in China, implementing a system of separation of production and sales and unified sales, completing a meticulous layout from production to sales. The establishment of Kumho (China) Tire Sales Co., Ltd. in Anting, an automobile city, was the most important part of this layout. Anting, an automobile city, is one of Shanghai's four major industrial bases, and is very close to logistics companies in Suzhou, Wuxi and other places, having great advantages in logistics transportation.
In the two years since the establishment of the sales company, the superiority of the separation of production and sales model has become increasingly evident. Due to its large production scale and extensive sales network, it is expected that this year's sales volume will exceed 13 million, an increase of 30% over last year.