Hankook Tire Acquires Germany’s Reifen-Mueller

Hankook Tire has announced that it has acquired a 100% equity stake in Reifen-Muller.

Hankook Tire has announced that it has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in Reifen-Mueller, one of Germany's largest independent tyre wholesalers and retailers. In addition to Reifen-Mueller’s sales distribution affiliate company, Reifen-Mueller KG the acquisition will also include the retreading business Reifen-Mueller GmbH & Co. Runderneuerungswerk KG.

Reifen-Mueller is one of Germany's leading tyre distributors and was founded in 1966. It currently employs more than 700 staff and owns 44 service centres in Germany, selling a wide range of tyres, from passenger car, and light truck to heavy truck and bus tyre segments as well as motorcycle and agricultural tyres. Both the current owners, as well as the acting management of Reifen Mueller will continue to serve as group management of the company.

Posted by Richard Wilson on 05 Jul 2018

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Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson is the deputy editor for Commercial Tyre Business. Since 2015, Richard has worked as a correspondent for all of the titles across the Valebridge Publications Ltd Group namely: Retreading Business, Tyre & Rubber Recycling, The Tyreman and Truck and Bus News. Richard has worked on/off from the age of 16 for the company and whilst gaining a Bachelor's Degree in Spanish and Business Studies at Coventry University, he developed his writing skills at the University paper and more recently writing his own independent blog.

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