'Green' tyre compounds from the magic kitchen

Tyres are made from renewable raw materials - Substantial reduction in the chemical content of tyres - Fossil fuels largely dispensed with - Continental - tyre prototype under development virtually free of fossil raw materials

Continental Establishes New, Stronger Industry and Trade Management-Structure in D/A/CH Region

Trade and industry replacement business for passenger tires steps up regional orientation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Norbert Busch oversees D/A/CH region and its strategic expansion - Frank Jung new marketing head of passenger tire replacement business in Germany - Jürgen Marth to take over as general manager of Vergölst - Constantin Batsch to head Two Wheel Tires business unit

Passenger and Light Truck Tires division expands international soccer sponsorship

Continental Tire North America Becomes Exclusive Tire Sponsor for Growing Major League Soccer

Continental tyres with self-sealing technology fitted as standard to new Passat CC R-Line

ContiSeal technology to be manufactured exclusively for the Volkswagen Passat CC - Self-sealing tyres cut out around 85% of all tyre failures - Continental's high-tech ContiSportContact 3 for maximum safety

Continental and AutoBild sportscars:
New records at high-performance event in Nardo

From VW T 5 to Porsche 911 - participation requirement: At least 250 km/h - 18 high-tech race cars with a total of 11,135 HP at start - Speeds of up to 360 km/h again registered on ContiSportContact Vmax...

Despite the crisis, the high-performance tires market will continue to grow

Nikolai Setzer, Head of Passenger and Light Truck Tires at Continental: "Technology leadership is a decisive factor for further growth" - Tire manufacturer will further invest in research and development in order to be able to provide new technology both for original equipment and replacement

Continental continues the expansion of the production processes in its tire plant in Timişoara

In the next two years Continental will invest a two digit million Euro amount into this project.

Consultation phase regarding the planned closure of the PLT tire plant in Clairoix, France is ended

Social plan negotiated with French unions will be effective at the beginning of 2010 - The employees of the Clairoix production site will be actively assisted by Continental in order to find a new job