Sutong Tire Resources Inc.

Is Sutong Tire Resources publicly traded?

No. Sutong Tire Resources is a privately held company with no shares listed on any exchange.

Who owns Hi-Run tires?

Hi-Run is owned by Sutong Tire Resources Inc., which holds the registered trademark and controls the brand's specifications and distribution.

When was Sutong founded?

Sutong Tire Resources was founded in 1993, originating in China before establishing its operational headquarters in Hockley, Texas.

Where is Sutong Tire Resources based?

Its headquarters is at 33402 US-290 in Hockley, Texas, with six warehouse and office locations across the United States and Canada.

What does Sutong Tire Resources do?

It imports and distributes more than 5 million tires a year, owns the Hi-Run specialty tire brand, and supplies tires, wheels, and assemblies to retailers, dealers, and trailer manufacturers.

Where are Hi-Run tires made?

Hi-Run tires are produced under contract in China, principally by Shandong Haylion Tyre, while Sutong manages sourcing, quality, and distribution from Texas.

Sutong was founded in 1993, originating in China as a tire supply and trading business under the name associated with Sutong China Tire Resources. Its early identity was that of a sourcing intermediary connecting Chinese tire production with overseas buyers, a model built on the rapid expansion of China's tire manufacturing base in the 1990s.

The company progressively shifted its operational center to North America, establishing its headquarters in Hockley, Texas, northwest of Houston, and building a distribution network of warehouses and offices across the United States and Canada that now covers more than 400,000 square feet. That logistics base turned it from a trading intermediary into a full distributor with next-day fill capabilities.

As import volumes grew past 5 million tires a year, Sutong moved up the value chain into brand ownership, creating proprietary labels it could control rather than only distributing others' products. Hi-Run, developed in the early 2010s, became its flagship, aimed squarely at the trailer, RV, lawn and garden, and specialty vehicle tire market.

The most recent phase of its development is channel depth: Hi-Run secured placement in Home Depot and major online tire sellers and became an original equipment supplier to trailer manufacturers, while Sutong's registered ownership of the trademark in both the US and Canada formalized the brand as a durable asset rather than a transient private label.

Sutong Tire Resources has no documented major controversies or regulatory actions. As a private importer its public record is limited to routine product and customs matters typical of the tire trade.

The structural exposure relevant to the business is tariff and trade policy, since its model depends on importing from China, and the ordinary product-liability environment of the tire industry, where it maintains the standard compliance obligations of any tire importer without a documented pattern of violations.