Division Passenger and Light Truck Tires
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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 vans, light trucks, and RVs. We have a decisive advantage over pure-play tire manufacturers, because we involve the expertise of our automotive divisions in our development work. This 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, and Sime Tyres. It also includes our two-wheel (motorcycle and bicycle) business and our retail tire companies with more than 2,000 specialty tire outlets and franchises in 18 countries. Continental is the number four company worldwide in the passenger and light truck tire market. In Europe, we reached market leader position for the first time in 2007 with the inclusion of Matador. This also Applies to winter tires and automobile original equipment. In 2007 107.4 million tires were produced. It has 22 locations in 14 countries and is divided into five business units:
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