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NEWS
ECM and Goodyear have had a 30-year relationship.
Hankook Tire has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World (DJSI World) for the second consecutive year
Goodyear Develops New Tyres as Part of the Service
Hankook Tire Retains Place in the DJSI World for Second Consecutive Year
Car transporter company ECM’s 30-year relationship with Goodyear and its FleetFirst services has not only resulted in ensuring minimum downtime for vehicles, reduced administration and lower cost of ownership but also in the development of special
275/70R22.5 152J for a new trailer.
The tyre Goodyear has introduced this year to meet ECM’s latest need, is in size 295/60R22.5 152J and is a development of the Goodyear RHS II as a specific trailer tyre. The tyre features an
Hankook has announced that the company has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World (DJSI World) for the second consecutive year, strengthening its status as one of the most sustainable tyre companies in the world.
The DJSI, launched in 1999 as a joint product of S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, is the first global index to track financial, environmental, and social influence of global top 2,500 companies in terms of market capitalisation. The DJSI includes sustainability leaders in each industry group who were identified through a corporate sustainability assessment.
Due to Hankook Tire’s efforts to improve its sustainability, the company has been included in the DJSI World Class for the second consecutive year. Since the company’s inclusion in the index in 2016, Hankook Tire has engaged in
CSR Vision 2020 Roadmap, which includes mid- and long-term goals, was set up to exceed the establishment and implementation of short-term targets for each year. This roadmap features step-by-step annual implementation of goals to improve its viability.
In line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Hankook Tire also plans to fulfill its social responsibilities by focusing on the following four goals: Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Reduced Inequalities, and Climate Action. In 2016, through its officially certified subsidiary for the disabled, Hankook Donggeurami Partners Co., Ltd., the company increased the employment rate of the disabled by nearly twice as much as in 2015, providing indirect employment for people with disabilities. In addition, through the Hankook Tire Welfare Foundation, founded in 1990, the
unique tyres tailored for its operations. The latest of these tyres went into service recently. ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd has a car transporter fleet that comprises 520 specialist vehicles. These enable ECM to make around 1.3 million vehicle deliveries each year for many of the world’s leading manufacturers. With such high- value cargo and strict collection and delivery deadlines, total reliability is essential making tyres and their maintenance critical elements. But unlike most other transport companies that operate standard trailers, ECM’s custom- built car transporters require special tyres. These allow extra internal platform width and low chassis height to maximise the capacity of the trailers which can carry up to 11 cars.
To keep within external width regulations and still have space for the vehicles being carried to pass inside the wheel arches, the trailer tyres must be narrow. Not only that but a 7100kg axle load is essential, and to add to the special requirements, the proximity of wheel arches to the tyres leaves little space for heat dissipation. Goodyear’s engineers in Luxembourg had previously produced a specific car transporter tyre for ECM about five years ago. This was a Goodyear LHT II tyre in size
increased load/speed rating, and a specific tread compound that provides cool running capability. After a field evaluation, the new trailer tyre was proven to work well under car transporter trailer conditions and is FRT (Free Rolling Tyre) marked as a result. Both this and the tyre that was developed earlier now form part of the Goodyear Dunlop truck tyre portfolio.
“ECM and Goodyear have a long and very successful partnership; in fact, the relationship is more like a team. Thanks to the services we offer within our FleetFirst programme, we are able not only to provide ECM with all the tyre-related support they require but also where and when they need it,” said Nigel Sowerby, Director Retail & Service Development Goodyear Dunlop EMEA.
“Our partnership with Goodyear and its TruckForce service network goes back 30 years, helping us to keep ahead in a very competitive industr y. It has helped us maximise performance as well as bringing down our Total Cost of Ownership,” said Paul Rymer, Workshop Manager ECM.
CSR initiatives with its employees through seven different CSR committees within the company. The company’s CSR Management System consists of a Strategy Committee in which the top management discusses directions of sustainable business strategy, and a Steering Committee which comprises seven committees that carry out sustainable business operations. The committees include the Product Environment Committee, EHS-e (Environment, Health & Safety and Energy) Committee, Employee Committee, Ethics Management Committee, Legal Compliance Committee, Corporate Philanthropy Committee as well as Supplier Committee.
At the end of 2016 Hankook Tire’s
company has been carrying out various charitable activities, including employee volunteer activities. The company supports social welfare organisations that focus on issues such as medical welfare, children and youth in crisis or children from low income families.
“Being included in the DJSI World Class for the second consecutive year is a great honour and proves Hankook Tire’s capability as a globally sustainable company,” said Mr. Seung Hwa Suh, Vice Chairman and CEO of Hankook Tire. He added, “Hankook Tire not only promises to achieve the CSR Roadmap by 2020, but we will also fulfill our responsibility as a global top-tier company.”
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