Quick Facts about Continental Tire North America
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Continental Tire North America, Inc Continental Tire North America (CTNA, formerly Continental General Tire) is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina and is a subsidiary of Continental AG. Continental Tire North America acquired General Tire in 1987. CTNA employs 9,000 employees. Continental Tire has five manufacturing located throughout North America:
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These manufacturing plants produce one-third of the Continental Corporations total passenger and commercial tires. Continental is a major supplier to the original equipment and replacement tire markets, selling Continental, General, Euzkadi and private brands in NAFTA. Sales in North America are broken up like this:
CTNA supplies passenger car tires to original equipment customers that include BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen. Commercial vehicle tires are delivered to Caterpillar, John Deere, Freightliner, Mack and Volvo. |
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Continental Tire Worldwide Continental is the # 1 tire maker in Germany, # 2 in Europe and # 4 in the world. In 21 plants around the globe more than 90 million passenger car tire and more than 6 million commercial vehicle and two-wheel tires are produced each year. |
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Continental AG Continental-Caoutchouc-und Gutta-Percha Compagnie was founded in Hannover, Germany in October 1871. Manufacturing included soft rubber products, rubberized fabrics, solid tires for carriages and bicycles. Today Continental is a worldwide company. With the integration of Continental Teves the corporation has advanced to the first tier of automotive components suppliers. Nearly 65,000 employees work in the Continental Tire, Continental Automotive Systems and ContiTech divisions at close to 80 Continental locations in 36 countries.
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