Consolidation and New Products
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1953 Official opening of the main administration building at the Königsworther Platz in Hannover. It was the most modern office block in the Federal Republic of Germany at that time. Continental has since sold the building and it is currently being used by the local university. The corporate office is now located on Vahrenwalder Street in Hannover. |
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1955 Continental is the first German company to start manufacturing tubeless tires. Continental is also the first company to develop air springs for trucks and buses. |
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1960 Mass production of radial tires begins. |
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1961 Completion of the plant in Dannenberg/Elbe. Initial production comprises plastic components for the automotive industry. |
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1963 Deutsche Schlauchbootfabrik in Eschershausen, Lower Saxony, joins the Continental Corporation. |
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1964 A factory for industrial products is built in Northeim. Construction of a tire plant begins in Sarreguemines/France. |
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1966 Cooperations with the companies Clouth Gummiwerke AG, Cologne and Göppinger Kaliko GmbH, Eislingen. |
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1967 Opening of the Contidrom tire testing facility on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath. In 1994/95 the facility is more than doubled in size to enable the construction of new tracks, including a 3.8 kilometer handling course for high-performance cars. |
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1971 Europe's largest hose manufacturing facilities are set up at the Korbach plant. The entire hose production is transferred from Hannover to Korbach. |
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1972 Continental launches the studless ContiContact winter tire. |
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1974 Continental is the first manufacturer to supply the European automotive industry with extrusion-blow-moulded polyurethane gaiters. |
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1975 Large-scale production of raw-edge V-belts starts. |
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1976 In Northeim, one of Europe's largest conveyor belt production lines comes on stream. |
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1978 Purchase of Techno-Chemie, Frankfurt, one of Germany's leading hose couplers. |