Falken Tyre Europe GmbH, the Offenbach-based subsidiary of Japanese tyre manufacturer Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., is once again demonstrating its commitment to the local community: the company is supporting this year's family festival in Offenbach with a support of €5,000.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH had the great pleasure of welcoming its partners and customers from across southwestern Europe to the first in-person gathering of the ‘Falken Zone’, held yesterday evening. More than 200 companies from Spain, France, Italy, and Greece accepted the invitation to Palma de Mallorca to celebrate an important milestone with Falken: the fifth anniversary of the Falken Zone. The agenda features engaging meetings and events, providing the perfect opportunity for exchanging ideas and gaining new perspectives.

The 53rd edition of the ADAC RAVENOL 24-hour race at the Nürburgring was an event full of emotions – with a promising start for Falken Motorsports, an unprecedented race interruption, and a premature end for both Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH today announces the appointment of Hiroshi Hamada as its new Managing Director, Chairman & CEO.

Two overall victories, five podium finishes, and a total of eight top-10 results: Falken Motorsports can look back on extremely successful preparations for this year's ADAC Ravenol 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (June 19–22, 2025). No wonder, that the team is approaching the highlight of the season with great confidence. This year, the two teal-and-blue Porsche 911 GT3 Rs will be driven through the Green Hell by a balanced mix of experienced Nordschleife specialists, promising young talents, and proven Porsche professionals.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is again taking a stand for equal rights: Falken currently employs 242 people, and it doesn’t just bring together people who have different cultural backgrounds and gender identities. It is also a company which actively encourages collaboration between the generations and is committed to bringing about accessibility in the workplace.

With a podium at the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers, the dress rehearsal for the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, Falken Motorsports not only achieved another top result but also gained valuable experience for the endurance classic in the Green Hell. Alessio Picariello and Julien Andlauer drove the teal-and-blue Porsche 911 GT3 R to second place on Sunday.

At its stand in Hall 20 of the Autopromotec trade fair, which is taking place from 21st to 24th May in Bologna, Italy, Falken Tyre Europe GmbH will be presenting its wide-ranging assortment of products.

After two victories at the season opener, Falken Motorsports has impressively confirmed its reputation as a top team on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife: At the third round of the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series - the 56th Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy - Morris Schuring, awarded “Driver of the Day”, and Sven Müller secured third place. Tim Heinemann and Dennis Marschall completed the strong team result with fourth place in the second Falken Porsche.

Falken Motorsports were also unstoppable in the second round of the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series, the ADAC Ruhrpott Trophy: Dorian Boccolacci and Alessio Picariello repeated their triumph from the season opener five weeks ago and secured the Japanese tire manufacturer's second win of the season in the teal-and-blue Porsche 911 GT3 R with starting number 3. Their teammates Tim Heinemann and Dennis Marschall completed the strong team result with a respectable fifth place overall in the sister car with the number 4.

Falken is proud to present the result of several years of developmental work: a perfect summer tyre designed for electric vehicles – but equally suitable for combustion engine and hybrid vehicles as well. The Falken e. ZIEX not only came second in the latest Auto Motor Sport Summer Tyre Test, but was also the price vs. performance winner.

Falken Motorsports got the new ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series season off to a perfect start with an impressive one-two victory. The team's two Porsche 911 GT3 R dominated the action in the Green Hell and once again proved their strength on the demanding Nordschleife. After a challenging qualifying session and a tricky tire strategy, Sven Müller and Morris Schuring won in the number 3 car ahead of their teammates Nico Menzel and Dorian Boccolacci in the number 4 sister car.

As is the case every year, readers await the results of the AUTO BILD tyre test with great anticipation. The AUTO BILD magazine has once again this year taken a close look at various tyres in differing dimensions and models, revealing which tyre actually delivers on its promises. The latest summer tyre test looked at more than 50 summer tyres in the dimension 225/40 R18, including the Falken ZIEX ZE320.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH's summer promotion is taking place in 17 countries this year. Customers who purchase a set of Falken summer or all-season tires (four from 16 inches, excluding truck tires) between March 15 and May 31, 2025, will receive a fuel voucher. Participants also have the chance to win other attractive prizes, including a short holiday at a Center Parcs location of their choice for up to six people.

Falken Motorsports is starting the 2025 season with fresh vigour and drawing on a strong combination of experience and new talent. With three new additions to the driver line-up and the tried-and-tested turquoise-blue Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), the team is once again taking on the challenge of the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife with a brace of the race-winning car. After a total of five overall victories and several podium finishes, Falken Motorsports snatched the prestigious NLS Speed Trophy last year. The goal for 2025 is clear: to fight for top positions again especially at the 24-hour race.

As a customer, what should you expect from a summer tyre, and what should you pay particular attention to? The ADAC explored this question in their summer tyre test, evaluating a total of 18 summer tyres in size 225/40 R18. The Falken AZENIS FK520 represented Falken and achieved an overall rating of 2.4.

Falken will continue to offer its dealers and consumers tyres for all road and weather conditions this summer. Whether they’re lorry, EV, ultra, super-ultra high performance, motorsport or off-road tyres – the summer product portfolio combines safety, grip, comfort and high performance!

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH will assume the sponsorship of the section signs of the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring from January 2025. This means that 31 signs with the names of famous Nordschleife sections such as Caracciola-Karussell, Hatzenbach or Pflanzgarten will bear the Falken logo.

Falken shines once again, with the VRÖ Award in its hand at AutoZum, which took place from January 22 to 25th. AutoZum is considered one of the most important trade fairs for the automotive and aftermarket industry in Austria, where leading brands present their products and innovations.

Falken will once again be presenting a wide range of products at the AutoZum 2025 trade fair in Salzburg, Austria, which will be taking place from 22-25 January 2025. Various products from the full range of Falken tyres will be on show. A total of twelve tyres will be presented, including summer, all-season and winter tyres, in addition to all-terrain and truck tyres.

This year Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is continuing its commitment to local institutions in Offenbach and is donating almost 6,000 euros in total. The donations will benefit four important initiatives that are actively involved in the areas of sport, social affairs and education and make an invaluable contribution to the community in the city of Offenbach.

Tyres for electric and hybrid vehicles have to satisfy special requirements: they should offer low rolling resistance, guarantee optimum traction on all surfaces and be able handle heavy loads at the same time. The Falken tyres meet these requirements. Since May 2023 and November 2023, Falken Tyre Europe has been supplying its e. ZIEX AO model in the 235/65R18 H XL and 255/60R18 H XL sizes to the Audi plant in Ingolstadt, where the successful AUDI Q6 e-tron is currently leaving the production lines.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH will be making changes to its management team for January 2025: Thomas Langer will be taking over as Sales Director Germany Replacement at Falken. Thomas Langer began his career at Falken in 2010 as a sales representative for the region of Bavaria and Saxony/Thuringia and has been responsible for southern Germany as regional sales manager since 2018.

Falken is set to return to the Digital Nürburgring Endurance Series (DNLS), the virtual counterpart to the ADAC Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). The sixth season of the digital Nordschleife championship, featuring four races in total, kicks off on 21st December 2024 at 1pm.

The "Seasons of Performance" event marked the official launch of the collaboration between Toyota Italy, Toyota Austria, and Falken Tyre Europe GmbH.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is extending its successful collaboration with the International Handball Federation (IHF) by becoming an event partner to the 29th IHF Men’s World Championship – taking place in January 2025 and hosted by Denmark, Croatia and Norway.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH has become the Official Tyre Partner to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) – a partnership that will launch at the upcoming 2024/25 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace (London).

Falken is extending its popular ‘fill up’ campaign until December 15th. Launched in September, the promotion rewards customers who buy a set of Falken tyres, with a voucher which can be spent on fuel or in-store goods.

This year, Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is once again dedicated to its social commitment, with the Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. subsidiary drawing attention to the International Day against Violence against Women and Girls with an internal campaign for 16 days. This campaign was officially launched in 1999.

Falken Motorsports has claimed first place in the NLS Speed Trophy, with its #4 Porsche 911 GT3 R topping the standings ahead of the Manthey Porsche and a Mercedes-AMG GT3. Meanwhile, Falken’s second entry, the #3 Porsche, claimed an impressive fourth place in the overall rankings – further underscoring Falken’s dominance in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS).

For the second year in a row, Falken is taking part in the futsal event, which will be held on Sunday, 17 November 2024, at Sportpark Frankfurt am Main. The Association of Japanese Companies Frankfurt e.V. organises this event every year and invites Japanese companies to take part in an exciting indoor football tournament.

Falken is now providing its customers with new KB price lists effective from January 1st, 2025, for all deliveries.

Falken has been a fixture at the legendary Nürburgring 24h race since 1999, and now enjoys the status of being ‘a regular’ thanks to its 25 years of participation. Owing to Falken’s special relationship with the circuit, the tyre brand has officially extended its contract with the organisers of the race that runs around the classic Nordschleife, until 2028.

What requirements does an off-road tyre have to meet in order to become a test winner? This is exactly the question that Promobil asked itself in the current all-terrain tyre test and examined seven tyre brands in the size 255/55 R 18. The Falken WILDPEAK A/T AT3WA emerged as the clear off-road test winner. The Falken tyres impressed the judges in almost all test categories and beat well-known competitors.

Falken Motorsports has once again impressively demonstrated its dominance in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). Klaus Bachler and Alessio Picariello secured a superior victory in the Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with starting number 3 and won the race with a lead of more than five minutes over the competition.

Based in Offenbach, Falken stands for high-performance tyres – so it is logical to sponsor the O.F.C. Kickers 1901 e.V. national football academy, which is located in the immediate vicinity of Falken.

The Audi A3 allstreet, characteristic crossover model of the Audi A3 family, has some special requirements for tyre quality. In Ingolstadt, where the Audi crossover model is prodcued, Falken has been supplying the AZENIS FK510A AO model in sizes 205/55R17 95W XL, 225/45R18 95W XL and 225/49R19 93W XL since April 2024.

Falken Motorsports enters the final phase of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) with the 55th Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy. After the retirement of both Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) at the last race due to weather conditions, the team is once again aiming for overall victory. The Falken Drift Team will also be offering spectacular taxi rides in the paddock.

Falken’s latest film, “Why We Race” was named ‘Best Event Film’ at this year’s International Motor Film Awards, which took place at Alexandra Palace, London on Friday 04 October 2024.

Falken is all ready for winter! In addition to adding numerous sizes to its range of winter tyres, this season Falken is also offering a new size of the Falken EUROALL SEASON AS220 PRO all-season tyre.

On the occasion of the cinema release of “TRANSFORMERS ONE” on the 10th of October 2024, Falken Tyre Europe GmbH and Pneuhage Reifen- und Autoservice are launching a campaign under the motto “PIMP MY DREAM”. The promotion campaign takes place from the 15th of September to the 15th of October 2024 and offers participants the chance to make a dream worth €2,222 come true. We are your lucky fairy: no matter whether you’d like a car or a holiday, or whether you have another dream – the lucky winner gets to decide what the money is going to be “transformed” into.

Falken Tyre Europe GmbH is delighted to announce that the winter edition of our “Falken says fill up” campaign is taking place in 16 countries this year. Just in time for the changeover season, Falken customers who opt for a set of winter or all-season tyres from 16 inches in the period from 15 September to 30 November 2024 will receive a fuel voucher. In addition, customers get the opportunity to win additional prizes such as the trip of a lifetime to Illinois, including flights, hotel rooms and a 7-day road trip on Route 66.

From 1 September 2024, Daniele Picerno will take over the position of Country Manager for Italy at Falken. In his new position, he will manage the business in Italy.

From the 2024/25 season, Falken will be an official club partner of VfB Stuttgart, which is by far the largest football club in Baden-Württemberg with well over 100,000 members. This partnership is based on the motto “Performance, Precision and Reliability”. Values that are reflected both on the pitch and on the roads.

The Falken-produced film “Why we race”, released in July 2024, is on the nomination list of the coveted International Motor Film Award.

For the second year in a row, Falken Tyre Europe is sponsoring the Main Matsuri Festival in Offenbach, which will take place from the 16th to the 18th of August 2024 in Büsing Park in Offenbach.

Falken Motorsports had no luck at the ROWE 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal race, the season highlight of the Nürburgring endurance series: After a good qualifying session and a strong opening phase, Nico Menzel in the teal-and-blue Falken Porsche #4 had already taken the overall lead. At the start of the second lap, however, both cars fell victim to the onset of heavy rain, which even made it necessary to interrupt the race.

Falken Motorsports has recruited the exceptional talents of former F1 driver Timo Glock and reigning European Le Mans Series LMP2 champion Alex Lynn to contest the ROWE 6h ADAC Ruhr Cup alongside team stalwarts Nico Menzel and Alessio Picariello this weekend.

“Why do we race?” Why do we risk everything to chase victory? What tempts us back to the Nürburgring year after year, hoping for our moment in history? Our latest film, ‘Why We Race’ – shot during the 52nd edition of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring – seeks to answer these very questions.

Audi’s new S3 is the first vehicle to leave its factory with Falken’s super-ultra high-performance (SUHP) tyre, the AZENIS RS820. Owing to its standard quattro all wheel drive plus torque splitter, Audi’s compact sports car delivers 333 HP and 420 Nm torque – demanding a high-performance tyre such as Falken’s most advanced SUHP pattern.