Kumho

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For the North Korean place, see Kumho (South Hamgyong).

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<tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">錦湖</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Kŭmho</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Geumho</td></tr>

Chosŏn'gŭl:	금호

|s |south |rok |sk | #default = Kumho or Kumho Tire Co, Ltd. (hangul:금호타이어, LSE: KHTC) is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol") headquartered in Seoul, Korea, consisting of various business groups, including aviation, finance, construction, transportation, chemical, and tire manufacture. The company was formerly known as Samyang Tire.

Kumho runs three manufacturing facilities in South Korea, and three in China. Kumho tires are exported from Korea and China to many countries around the world.

Kumho Tire has a global network of sales organisations and three centres for research and development. The principal R&D facility is in Gwangju, South Korea. Centres in Akron, Ohio, USA and Birmingham, UK service the US and European tire markets respectively. The company manufactures tires under the Kumho and Marshal brands in a full range of tire sizes.