Products for Commercial Specialty Vehicles
Since its foundation, the Germany-based company Continental has continued to grow - and so has the Business Unit Commercial Vehicle Tires.
1871 | Foundation of the Continental–Caoutchouc & Gutta-Percha-Compagnie. |
1907 | The production plant in Korbach (Germany) is created as an offshoot of the Mitteldeutsche Gummiwarenfabrik Louis Peter AG. |
1939 | Opening of the tire plant in Hanover (Germany). |
1979 | Takeover of the European tire operations of Uniroyal, Inc., USA, gives Continental a wider base in Europe. |
1985 | Takeover of the tire operations of the Austrian company Semperit. |
1987 | Acquisition of the North American tire manufacturer General Tire, Inc. including the plant in Mount Vernon (USA). |
1992/93 | Acquisition of the Otrokovice (Czech Republic) plant. Barum becomes part of the Continental Group. |
1998 | Continental reinforces its position as global tire manufacturer by adding a site in South Africa (Port Elizabeth). Continental establishes its Continental Matador joint venture for the production of commercial vehicle tires in Púchov (Slovakia). |
2003 | Continental establishes its Continental Sime Tyre joint venture. Acquisition of the Petaling Jaya (Malaysia) plant. |
2006 | Opening of the Camaçari (Brazil) plant. |
2007 | Continental acquires a majority interest in Continental Matador Rubber and therefore the entire Púchov Plant with PLT, CVT, ContiTech and R&D operations. The CVT plant, Continental Matador, is renamed to Continental Matador Truck Tires. |
| 2009 | Continental acquires the remaining shares of Continental Matador Rubber and Continental Matador Truck Tires, making the Púchov plant a part of the Continental tire manufacturing landscape. Joint venture with Eu-Retec (Pvt) Ltd in Sri Lanka to produce solid tires, adding the plant in Kalutara (Sri Lanka). |
2011 | Acquisition of the Modi Tyres Company Ltd. including the plants in Modipuram and Partapur (India). |
2012 | Continental Sime Tyre Sdn. Bhd. becomes a fully owned subsidiary of Continental Corporation and is renamed as Continental Tyre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. |
2013 | The ContiLifeCycle™ plant in Hanover (Germany) is established as the world's first fully integrated plant for hot retreading tires and rubber recycling. |
| 2016 | Ramp up of production of Continental-branded premium agricultural tires in Lousado, Portugal. Bandvulc (B.V. Environmental Ltd.) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental U.K. Group Holdings Limited. Continental inaugurates a newly reconstructed truck tire production hall in its manufacturing facility in Otrokovice, Czech Republic. Groundbreaking for new truck tire plant near Clinton, Mississippi (USA). |
| 2017 | Start of radial agricultural tire production in Lousado (Portugal). |
| 2018 | Market entry of Continental's digital tire monitoring platform for commercial fleets, ContiConnect. |
