Covid-19: Hankook pauses plant production

Within the next few hours, production will recommence at Hankook Tire & Technology’s Geumsan plant in South Korea following a 48-hour pause that began on 24 July after a number of workers tested positive for Covid-19. Health authorities have set up a test centre at the plant and intend to test around 3,000 employees early this week.

This is the second time this month that Hankook Tire & Technology has halted production at its Geumsan site. In response to the container shortage and growing stockpiles of unshipped tyres, on 16 July it stopped production for a period of three days.