Continental advances phase 4 of Hefei tyre plant

On the afternoon of 17 August, Yu Aihua, Party Secretary of Hefei City, Anhui Province, held talks with Christian Kötz, Head of the Continental Tyres division. Tyrepress China learned that Yu and Kötz talked about “accelerating the construction of the fourth phase of the (Hefei factory) project” and planning the follow-up “automotive electronics, R&D centre project”.

Local media in Hefei said, “The two sides agreed to seize opportunities for the development of the new energy automobile industry and maintain the rhythm of frequent interactions”. It is reported that in July this year, relevant departments of Hefei visited the headquarters of Continental in Hannover, Germany.

Statistics show that the Continental Hefei plant started production in 2011 and has achieved an annual output of 12 million passenger car tyres and 3 million bicycle tyres. In 2022, the production base reached an output value of 6.34 billion yuan (about £680 million; €800 million). According to local media reports, the fourth phase of the Continental Hefei plant involves a production capacity of 6 million passenger car tyres and 2 million bicycle tyres.