Continental to Build Hungary ESC Test Centre

International automotive supplier Continental AG has announced plans to invest 10 million euros in building a new proving ground for ABS and ESC development at its Veszprém, Hungary site. In addition, by 2011, the division will have created around 100 new jobs for skilled workers and engineers at the location.

The new proving grounds for ABS and ESC will comprise high-adhesion, low-adhesion and rough-road test facilities, as well as a specially designed vehicle dynamics facility for applications testing. Building work on the proving grounds is slated for completion by the beginning of 2009.

“We are strengthening our worldwide engineering activities in countries like Hungary not only in order to stay close to our customers in geographical terms, but also to bring our technologies to market in a particularly cost-efficient way and with the best engineers,” said Dr. Ralf Cramer, President of the Chassis & Safety Division.

Continental’s Veszprém site opened in 1993, and currently employs a workforce of around 1,000. The site manufactures wheelspeed sensors and sensor clusters as components for ABS anti-lock