Hankook Tire & Technology (CEO Soo-il Lee) held the ‘Hankook Tire Press Day 2022’ on the 25th and announced the opening of Asia’s largest test track, ‘Hankook Technoring’. The event, which was held at Hankook Technoring located in Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, included Cho Hyun-beom, Chairman of Hankook & Company Group, Soo-il Lee, CEO and President of Hankook Tire, Jong-sun Ahn, President of Hankook & Company, Jong-ho Park, President of Management Support at Hankook Tire, and Bon-hee Koo, Vice President of Research, Development and Innovation at Hankook Tire. etc. attended. A presentation was made on the meaning of Hankook Technoring and Hankook Tire’s global mid- to long-term innovation strategy.
Korea Technoring is a test track with the largest and longest test surface in Asia, with a total of 13 different tracks and a site area of 1.26 million m2 (380,000 pyeong), the size of about 125 soccer fields.
High-speed driving tests with a maximum speed of over 250 km/h are possible, and tire performance tests necessary for the development of innovative products such as tires for electric vehicles and supercars are conducted. In addition, it can evaluate all vehicles, including trucks and buses, and boasts a state-of-the-art, high-tech R&D facility complete with a control tower, office building, tire workshop, and electric vehicle charging station.
Tires are the only product that comes in contact with the ground while driving, and play a key role in realizing various performance aspects of a car, including performance, safety, fuel efficiency, and ride comfort. Accordingly, systematic actual vehicle testing on various roads and in extreme environments is an essential element for global top-tier companies.
Through the completion of the Korea Technoring, mid- to long-term strategy and innovative product planning at the headquarters ‘Technoplex’, which plays the role of a global control tower, development of tire source technology at the central research center ‘Hankook Technodome’, a mecca of high-tech technology, and 8 global production bases. , and Korea Technoring, the final test bed, were added to build the best R&D infrastructure to complete innovation synergy.
Hankook Tire is looking forward to becoming a leading company in cutting-edge technology innovation that will lead the future automotive industry through its organically connected R&D infrastructure. In particular, Hankook Technoring will serve as a cutting-edge test center that can meet the strict and diverse needs of global premium automobiles and take the lead in future automotive industries such as electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and will become a representative place where Hankook Tire realizes innovation. am.
In addition, the plan is to take the lead in realizing digital transformation by building a big data analysis platform based on various actual vehicle test data and developing virtual optimization technology using artificial intelligence (AI). To this end, the 37.1m high control tower will conduct management considering all weather conditions through a state-of-the-art integrated monitoring system and accumulate key test data such as road surface and climate.
In the future, we plan to test the reactions of tires and vehicles in various ways in the harshest environments and turn them into data, and build a ‘digital twin process’ based on these results to develop original technologies and innovative technologies that can be applied to future mobility research.
An official from Hankook Tire said, “In the future, we plan to utilize Hankook Technoring’s cutting-edge infrastructure to establish a driving culture and actively seek collaboration with various mobility companies, academia, institutions, and startups,” adding, “We will also contribute to the development of technology in the global mobility industry and conduct R&D.” “We plan to continue to develop our capabilities and do our best to establish ourselves as a global top-tier company.”
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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