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About Continental

Welcome to Continental Tires, a leading global manufacturer of innovative and high-performance tires. With a rich heritage spanning over a century, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge tire solutions that provide safety, comfort, and performance for drivers worldwide.

At Continental, our passion for excellence drives us to constantly push the boundaries of tire technology, ensuring that every journey is smooth, reliable, and enjoyable.

Vision & Mission

In a world that is growing increasingly intricate, companies are recognizing the significance of prioritizing essential matters. Continental shares this perspective, where the essentials encompass various subjects, initiatives, products, or actions that align with the newly established Vision/Mission statement, generating value and contributing to a better future. The Vision/Mission statement further delineates the means to accomplish this objective, emphasizing the development of technologies that provide customers with solutions to the significant challenges of our era, while fostering unwavering dedication from all employees.

Strategy

Through the recalibration of our strategy to address the evolving mobility industry, we have established a path towards profitable growth in the upcoming years. In 2021, we diligently restructured our entire organizational framework and management procedures in accordance with this strategy. We perceive the mobility industry transformation as a prospect for advancement. Our strategy rests on three fundamental pillars: enhancing operational excellence, distinctively shaping our portfolio, and embracing change as an avenue for opportunity

Automotive Group

The Automotive group sector comprises technologies for passive safety, brake, chassis, motion and motion control systems. Innovative solutions for assisted and automated driving, display and operating technologies, as well as audio and camera solutions for the vehicle interior, are also part of the portfolio, as is intelligent information and communication technology for the mobility services of fleet operators and commercial vehicle manufacturers. Comprehensive activities relating to connectivity technologies, vehicle electronics and high-performance computers round off the range of products and services.

Why Continental

For more than 150 years, we have building tires: small ones, thin ones, big ones, fast ones. We grant people trust, reliability and safety. This allows you to focus on the important things in your life - like being a parent, spending quality time with your friends and loved ones.

Experience the difference of Continental Tires and discover why millions of drivers around the world choose our tires for their vehicles. Explore our extensive product range, learn more about our tire technologies, and find the perfect tire solution for your needs. Join us on the road to safer, more comfortable, and more efficient mobility with Continental Tires.

Milestones

On October 8, Continental-Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha Compagnie was established as a joint stock corporation in Hanover. Soft rubber goods, rubberized textiles, and solid tyres for carriages and bicycles are manufactured.

150 Years Of Innovation

From crafting the world’s first patterned tread tire for automobiles to ushering the industry into a new era of self-driving cars, Continental has kept innovation at the heart of its corporate ideology.

Continental Corporation

Continental was founded in Hanover in 1871 as the stock corporation “Continental-Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha Compagnie”. Manufacturing at the main factory in Hanover included soft rubber products, rubberized fabrics