Continental Corporation

With sales of €26 billion in 2010, Continental is among the leading automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, Continental contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Continental currently employs approximately 150,000 people in 46 countries.

The corporation is organized in two Groups - each with three divisional areas. Chassis & Safety, Interior and Powertrain are part of the Automotive Group. Passenger and Light Truck Tires, Commercial Vehicle Tires, and Conti Tech are the three divisions of the Rubber Group.

The Chassis & Safety Division develops and produces electronic and hydraulic brake and chassis control systems, sensors, driver assistance systems, air bag control systems, washer systems and electronic air suspension systems. Its core competence is the integration of active and passive driving safety into ContiGuard®.

Information management is at the very heart of the Interior Division, which provides a range of products that includes instrument clusters and multifunctional displays, control units, electronic car-entry systems, tire-monitoring systems, radios, multimedia and navigation systems, climate control systems, telematics solutions and cockpit modules and systems.

The Powertrain Division integrates innovative and efficient system solutions for vehicle powertrains. The comprehensive range of products includes gasoline and diesel injection systems, engine management, transmission control, including sensors and actuators, as well as fuel-supply systems and components and systems for hybrid and electric drives.

The Passenger and Light Truck Tires (PLT) division develops and manufactures passenger car and light truck tires for compact, medium-size and full-size cars as well as tires for 4x4, vans and light trucks. The division produces tires under the brand names of “Continental”, “Uniroyal” (except in the NAFTA region, Columbia and Peru), “Semperit”, “Barum”, “General Tire”, “Euzkadi”, “Viking”, “Gislaved”, “Mabor”, “Matador”, “SIME Tyres” and, in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, “Dunlop”. The Passenger and Light Truck Tires division also includes the two-wheel business.

The Commercial Vehicle Tires (CVT) division has the goal of ensuring economic mobility in goods transport, passenger transit and construction-site traffic by offering bus, truck, and industrial tires for a wide spectrum of applications and service conditions. In certain regions, off-the-road tires are also available. The division’s products are successful both in the original equipment and replacement markets. The Continental premium brand is marketed worldwide. In Europe, the Barum, Semperit, Uniroyal, and Matador brands are available as well. This selection is rounded off by the General Tire brand and our new Ameri*Steel brand in the Americas, as well as the Euzkadi brand in Mexico. In Asia, tires of the Sime Tyres brand are also available. The Industrial Tires business unit develops and produces tires of the Continental, Barum, and Simex brands.

The ContiTech division holds a global market leadership position for many non-tire rubber products and is a specialist in plastics technology in the non-tire rubber sector. The division develops and produces functional parts, components and systems for the automotive industry and other important industries.