Guide to Continental Tire Naming
2023/08/16
#MadeInUSA
Our Commitment to American Manufacturing
Continental's Clinton, MS Truck Tire Manufacturing Plant
Continental is a proud manufacturer of American truck and bus tires
Continental manufactures the majority of its truck tires intended for U.S. distribution at its plant locations in Clinton, Mississippi and Mt. Vernon, Illinois. These manufacturing plants are operated by Continental employees who are proud to live and work in these communities.
Since most of Continental truck and bus tires are made in the USA*, they've been designed with our driver's application and environment in mind. We understand the goods hauled, passengers carried, and roads traveled.
Today our largest and most advanced truck tire plant is right here in the USA. When you buy a Continental tire produced here in the USA, you can be confident that every safety, quality, and compliance standard has been met and surpassed.
Learn more about our Clinton and Mt. Vernon plants.
How do you know if you are purchasing a Continental tire made in the USA?
Identifying where a tire is made in the USA is relatively easy to spot just by looking at the sidewall of the tire. Every tire has the location of where a tire is made stamped in the DOT identification marking.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) marking is a tire's identification number which shows the tire's birthdate and origin. The first ID number after the letters “DOT” identifies the Tire Identification Number (TIN) which includes the manufacturing plant where the tire came from and then the week and the year it was produced.
An aerial view of Continental's Mt. Vernon, IL manufacturing plant
- Characters 1-2 = Manufacturer and Plant
- Characters 3-4 = Tire Size Code
- Characters 5-7 = Tire Type or Model
- Characters 8-11 = Week & Year of Manufacturing
For example, this tire was manufactured in facility A3, which is the code for Continental’s Mount Vernon, Illinois, plant. Click here for a complete list of U.S. manufacturing plants.
*Given some potential supply chain constraints, some tires sizes might be produced in Europe. Continental’s European plants adhere to the same high standards as plants here in the USA. If you have a special need to ensure that the tires you buy are Made in the USA, please ask your local dealer to select them at the moment of inventory picking.
