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JAXQuickfit and Continental Tyres Competition Winners Announced
The JAXQuickfit Continental Tyres promotion was a great success and we would like to congratulate John, Kylie, Varujan and our other worthy winners,” Jeff Board, CEO of JAXQuickfit Tyres said.
ContiTire Enters Second Round
[contigame] Continental Tyres has launched a second version of its popular ContiTireRace game, available to play online.
Continental to commence Russian PCR manufacture in Q4 2013
Alexander Lührs, head of media and press relations for the German manufacturer’s Passenger and Light Truck Tyres division, told Tyres and Accessories that approximately 200 million euros will be invested in a greenfield plant initially capable of producing four million passenger car tyres a year.
Conti officially opens first tyre plant in China
Continental, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and tyre producers, has officially opened its first Chinese tyre plant in Hefei, Anhui province.
Conti confirms US plant investment
In response to growing demand for Continental and General Tyre brand passenger car and van tyres in Northern and South America, Continental Tyre the Americas (CTA) has announced plans to invest US$224 million increasing capacity at its Mt. Vernon, Illinois factory.
Calls for Motorists to Consider ‘Better Tyres’
“If we all used energy efficient, low noise and safe tyres we would save 6.6 million tonnes of oil a year in Europe by 2020 … We could also reduce CO2 emissions by as much as four million tonnes per year – equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars from the roads – and cut traffic noise in half.”
Continental to invest US$210 million in Brazil Plant
Announcing the growth plans, Continental Tyres the Americas CEO Matthias Schönberf stated “this investment is part of Continental’s strategy to grow our tyre operations worldwide significantly, especially in the BRIC countries. It will allow us to almost double the production capacity of the Camaçari plant by the end of 2015.”
Conti to Support ‘Double-Digit’ 2011 Growth with Increased Investment
With a sales increase of almost 30% to €26 billion in 2010, we clearly surpassed the targets we set at the beginning of the year. After a good start and in light of a production forecast of 75 million passenger cars worldwide, we are striving to increase sales another 10% to more than €28.5 billion this year,” said Continental CEO Dr. Elmar Degenhart.
Dandelion Rubber “of great interest” to Continental
A team at the University of Münster (Germany) has conducted research into the latex properties inherent in dandelions and observed that the member of the Asteraceae family produces a gum elastic equal in quality to rubber tree latex.
Continental Tyres Dominates 2010 Tyre Tests
After less than six months on the market, the Continental ContiSportContact™ 5P (CSC 5P) has blitzed the competition, dominating the 2010 tyre tests of respected European media outlets.
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