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Hannover-based Continental AG is a leading automotive supplier and – according to the company – is “the choice of leading car manufacturers, offering award-winning tyres that deliver responsive braking in all weather conditions.”

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Von Hirschheydt to head independent company following Continental Automotive spin-off

Continental has shared its concrete plan for the spin-off of its Automotive group sector. According to information discussed at a meeting held on Wednesday, the plan involves completing the spin-off of Automotive as a Societas Europaea compnay listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange by the end of 2025. The independent company will operate under a new brand, which Continental will launch by the end of April 2025, under the leadership of Philipp von Hirschheydt.

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Nokian Tyres & Continental – 9 decades of winter tyres

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The winter tyre is 90 years old in 2024. Nokian Tyres brought the Kelirengas, its first product with a winter-specific tread pattern, to market in 1934. This was also the year that Continental threw its hat into the winter tyre ring with a tyre called the Gelände.

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“Fully committed” to spin-off – Olaf Schick leaving Continental

Olaf Schick will part ways with Continental earlier than planned. A committee within the company’s Supervisory Board has agreed to the Chief Financial Officer’s request to step down on 30 September 2025. Schick will also relinquish the role of Executive Board member for Finance, Integrity and Law. He intends to return to Mercedes-Benz Group and will join its board of management on 1 October 2025.

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Continental to spin-off Automotive group sector

Following a detailed evaluation, the Executive Board of Continental AG has decided to spin off its Automotive group sector business. Subject to the approval of the company’s Supervisory Board in March 2025, shareholders will vote upon the spin-off at the Continental Annual Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for 25 April 2025. The spin-off will then likely take place by the end of 2025, with preparations for it completed by the end of the third quarter.

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Tracey Mortimer promoted to managing director of Continental Tyre Group UK and Ireland

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Continental Tyres has appointed Tracey Mortimer as managing director of its UK and Ireland tyre business. Mortimer will assume leadership of the manufacturer’s UK division on 1 January 2025, replacing Tarik Görgün who is relocating to the US with his family. Tracey Mortimer has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and has held senior consumer and commercial tyre sector roles at Continental Tyres. Over the course of her career she has performed a range of marketing and sales functions. She was most recently consumer tyres sales and solutions director UK and Ireland. Mortimer will oversee overall business strategy and execution for the company’s tyre business across the UK and Ireland in her new role.

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New CombineMaster sizes broaden scope of application

Continental’s agricultural tyre division has extended its CombineMaster tyre range to bring very high flexion (VF) and cyclical field operation (CFO) technology to a wider variety of farm machinery. Indeed, Tom Godwin, who is Sales Manager – Agricultural & MPT Tyres (UK & ROI) at Continental, comments that the name CombineMaster “disguises the virtues of this tyre to other machines including loaders, tankers and other types of harvesting machines.”

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CLEPA Innovation award for Continental UltraContact NXT

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On the evening of 4 December, CLEPA – the European Association of Automotive Suppliers – held its ninth CLEPA Innovation Awards in Brussels. In addition to featuring talks with high-level EU policy makers on the future of transport, the event awarded 12 Top Innovators, six each in the categories ‘Digital’ and ‘Green’. The latter category included kudos for a tyre, the Continental UltraContact NXT.

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Continental divests Zonar fleet management business

With a spin-off on the cards, Continental is pursuing a strategy of focusing on core strengths and streamlining business operations within its Automotive sector. As part of this focus, the company has sold its 2016-acquired fleet management business Zonar to GPS Trackit, an industry pioneer in cloud-based, IoT fleet solutions and GPS fleet tracking. Neither Continental nor GPS Trackit’s parent, Philadelphia, USA-based buyout firm Inverness Graham, have disclosed the financial terms or other details of the transaction.

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Auf Wiedersehen, non-PET

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Continental is increasing the proportion of recycled materials in its tyres by converting more of its manufacturing facilities to use polyester fabric made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. This increases the recycled content of many tyre lines by an average of three per cent. After presenting this ContiRe.Tex technology for the first time at the end of 2021, the company began using it on a small scale at its tyre plants in Lousado, Portugal, and Otrokovice, Czech Republic the following year. It recently extended this to plants in Korbach, Germany, and Sarreguemines, France, which both now use recycled PET bottles in series production.

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Six-wheel Ford Ranger conversion rides on Continental

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Ulterio Motiv, a newly launched sister company of South African armouring firm, SVI Engineering, has launched its most affordable product to date a six-wheel conversion of the Ford Ranger. Founded in 2022, Ulterio Motiv focuses on delivering “exceptional and thrilling products tailored specifically for buyers with distinctive requirements.”

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Pyrum gains Continental rCB delivery approval

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Following an audit, Continental has given Pyrum Innovations unlimited delivery approval for recovered carbon black (rCB) supplied from its pyrolysis plant in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. Pyrum CEO Pascal Klein views this authorisation as “the cornerstone for a significant increase in sales next year.”

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Another BYD OE for Continental

In addition to supplying EcoContact 6 Q tyres for factory fitment on the BYD Seal, Continental tyres are original equipment on the BYD Seal U. The electric SUV is available with Continental PremiumContact C – the ‘C’ standing for ‘Comfort’ – in size 235/50 R19 99V. According to Continental, this OE supply arrangement applies in “numerous countries” where the Seal U is sold.

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Continental wins sustainability accolade at NTDA Tyre Industry Awards 2024

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Continental Tyres beat Bridgestone, Hankook, Marangoni, and Michelin to win the Tyre Industry Environmental and Sustainable Solution of the Year at the NTDA’s Tyre Industry Awards 2024. The award, presented at the Association’s 94th Annual Dinner, was decided by a panel of industry experts and recognises outstanding corporate social responsibility within the tyre industry. Conti said its achievement reflects the tyre manufactures ongoing commitment to driving sustainability across all of its operations – from enhancing the efficiency of its manufacturing processes and supply chain to developing innovative, eco-friendly materials.

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ATD chapter 11 leaves tyremakers with >$589 million outstanding

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When American Tire Distributors, Inc. (ATD) filed Chapter 11 on 22 October 2024, the large US tyre distributor did so for the second time in roughly six years. And it did so leaving tyremakers with north of US$589 million outstanding. If North America’s largest tyre brands weren’t nervous at this point, more than half of that will be connected to the balance sheet of just three tyremakers.

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SportContact 7 for Brabus Rocket GTS

Brabus has chosen Continental tyres for a further member of its Rocket family. The new Brabus Rocket GTS, the tuner’s first supercar with a carbon-fibre shooting brake body, rides on Continental SportContact 7 tyres as original equipment. These are paired with Brabus Monoblock P Platinum Edition rims in size 275/35 ZR 21 at the front and 335/25 ZR 22 on the rear axle.

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  1. Brabus selects Continental SportContact 7 tyres for 2 models
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