Who Owns Hi-Run?

Hi-Run's history is inseparable from its parent. Sutong Tire Resources was founded in 1993, originating in China as a tire supply and trading business before building a North American distribution operation. The company relocated its operational center to the Houston area of Texas, establishing its headquarters in Hockley and expanding into a network of warehouses and offices across the United States and Canada covering more than 400,000 square feet.

As import volumes grew past 5 million tires a year, Sutong moved from pure distribution into brand ownership, creating proprietary labels it could control end to end. Hi-Run was developed in the early 2010s expressly for the utility trailer, RV, lawn and garden, and specialty vehicle tire market, a niche the major tire makers largely ignore because volumes are small and fitments are fragmented.

The brand found its channel in big-box and farm retail. Hi-Run trailer and specialty tires became a staple at Home Depot and similar chains and on online tire retailers, filling the replacement-tire need for boat trailers, utility trailers, golf carts, wheelbarrows, and riding mowers at prices well below branded alternatives.

Three decades of Sutong's supply relationships underpinned the brand: the parent built sourcing ties with Chinese specialty tire producers including Shandong Haylion, while its Texas warehouse network gave Hi-Run the fill rates and delivery speed that made it viable as an OEM supplier to trailer manufacturers as well as a retail replacement brand.