Kumho Nanjing factory ordered to relocate

The pollution incidents of the pending Kumho Tire Nanjing Plant have recently been made. In the list of 173 “three highs and two lows” industrial enterprises that were shut down and transferred and announced by the Nanjing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, the Nanjing plant of Kumho Tire is located in the “relocation”.

As early as a month ago, the Nanjing plant of Kumho Tire's third factory in China was listed as a key pollution company by the Nanjing Environmental Protection Bureau. The local Yangzi Evening News reported that “Kumho Nanjing Base was ordered to stop production due to pollution problems,” indicating that Kumho Tire Factory always smoked cigarettes in the middle of the night and stole exhaust gas.

The incident of pollution shutdown has caused Kumho to report news of withdrawal from China. In response, the relevant person in charge of Kumho Tire responded that the Nanjing plant of Kumho has taken a number of measures in relation to the odor issue, and is planning to relocate at the request of the government.

According to reports, Kumho Tire was infiltrated in Yanziji, which was sparsely populated at the time in 1994. The tire factory itself was a company with relatively serious pollution. The Kumho Tire Factory once gave many remedies for environmental issues. According to the person in charge, according to the requirements of the EPA, the Kumho Nanjing plant will be relocated from the end of 2012. The new plant is already in the site. It does not rule out Kumho's plans to locate other cities in Nanjing.

However, according to Wei Changming, director of the Nanjing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, in an interview with the media, senior officials of Kumho Tire headquarters had made a special trip to Nanjing to communicate and negotiate with related departments. Currently, planning and site selection are under way. It is expected that the company will move into Jiangbei's chemical industry early next year. Park.

The trouble with Kumho is more than that. In recent days, a Buick sedan with Kumho tires has not crashed on the highway, but it has been killed. The bulging and cracks on the tires caused the families of the deceased to think that Kumho Tire had quality problems. Wang Bin, a lawyer of the Kumane Thousand Human Rights Defence Corps, confirmed to reporters that he had accepted the preparation of the deceased’s family to prepare a lawsuit, and that Nanjing Jinhu Tire Co., Ltd. was one of the accused parties. This will be the first lawsuit against the quality of tyres that Kumho Tire had faced since the 3.15 incident.

In fact, Kumho has two cases in the body. It is just another case of economic disputes involving a backyard fire. It was alleged that Huang Jin, a lawyer who was responsible for handling the Kumho Tire Crisis Management, recently asked Kumho Tire to ask for 2.4 billion lawyers’ fees, and also disclosed to the media many details that were unknown in the Kumho tires storm. This made Kumho Tire's brand image in China fall again.