ContiTech Opens Brazil Factory

Contitech has opened a new production facility in Ponta Grossa, Brazil, for textile and steel-cord conveyor belts, creating a stronger foundation for the company’s activities in the Central and South American region. The new 5,000m2 facility is designed to produce 300km of textile and steel-cord conveyor belting annually and has created over 60 new jobs. The total amount invested so far by ContiTech in the factory, machinery and equipment amounts to more than 10 million euros.

Hans-Jurgen Duensing, head of ContiTech’s Conveyor Belt Group, commented: “Brazil is far and away the largest market in South America. It accounts for about 50 per cent of total volume in the conveyor belt sector in that part of the world. Establishing a manufacturing base in the Brazilian market was, therefore, an essential move strategically. It also helps us significantly improve our delivery service.”