Hankook earns design honour for two products

Nashville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire America Corp. is a finalist in the automotive and transportation category at the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2019 competition for the tire maker's concept tires "Hexonic" and "'HLS-23."

Hankook calls Hexonic a tire for "fully-autonomous car sharing that provides optimized driving solutions with smart sensors."

The HLS-23 is a sustainable logistics transport system featuring road-coordinate recognition and self-charging.

IDEA is organised by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).

Hankook Tire received three "winners" in the categories of professional concept and product at iF Design Award 2019, in February, for the Hexonic and HLS-23, as well as the passenger car Kinergy 4S 2 tire.

The company also won Red Dot Award 2019 in product design in March for its UHP flagship tire, Ventus S1 evo 3.

The South Korean tire maker said it continues to explore innovative designs through R&D investments and joint projects.