Car safety starts with the car’s tires. The demands placed on them are enormous since one meter of braking distance can make a crucial difference. After all, the car’s full braking force is transmitted to the road solely via four postcard-size contact patches. Continental passenger and light truck tires provide superb vehicle-road contact in all types of weather. Requirements for our tires may vary, but one thing always holds true: nothing is more important to us and our customers than safety. By constantly decreasing rolling resistance, a steady reduction in CO₂ is achieved. The Passenger and Light Truck Tires division develops and manufactures passenger and light truck tires for compact, medium-size and full-size cars as well as tires for SUVs, vans, light trucks and RVs. This division produces tires under the brand names of Continental, Uniroyal (except in NAFTA, Columbia and Peru), Semperit, Barum, General Tire, Viking, Gislaved, Mabor, Matador, Euzkadi, and Sime Tyres.

The Passenger and Light Truck Tires division also includes two-wheel (motorcycle and bicycle) business and retail tire companies with more than 2,200 specialty tire outlets and franchises in twelve countries.

The division has production facilities at 27 locations in 16 countries and a workforce of 28,276. It generated sales of €5.8 billion in 2010. Passenger and Light Truck Tires comprises five business units:

• Original Equipment
• Replacement Business, EMEA
• Replacement Business, The Americas
• Replacement Business, Asia Pacific
• Two-Wheel Tires

	2010	2009
Sales (millions of euros)	5,820.8	4,696.4
EBIT1 (millions of euros)	993.3	536.4
Adjusted EBIT2 (millions of euros)	1,030.5	774.4
Employees	28,276	26,510
1 Earnings before interest and taxes 2 Before amortization on intangible assets from purchase price allocation,   changes in the scope of consolidation, and special effects.

Further information:

• Passenger tires homepage