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Continental marks Thailand milestones

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This month, Continental commemorates 15 years since the inception of its tyre business in Thailand and five years of tyre production at its Rayong plant. With an investment of 250 million euros in the eastern region of the country, the manufacturer has established a facility that employs 900 local workers and has annual production capacity of 4.8 million passenger and light truck tyres, alongside motorcycle tyres, and caters to both original equipment and replacement sectors.

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Related news:

  1. Continental begins equipping new Thailand tyre plant
  2. Continental starts work on motorcycle tyre plant in Thailand
  3. First truck tyres roll off Linglong Thailand production line
  4. Stone laying for Continental’s newest tyre factory
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Continental a Mercedes-Benz preferred partner in Asia Pacific

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Mercedes-Benz has awarded Continental preferred tyre partner status in China, Australia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. This takes effect immediately and is valid until August 2025. Furthermore, Mercedes-Benz has extended its existing partnership with Continental in the Indian market until August 2024.

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  4. Continental using AFC Asian Cup to increase brand awareness in China
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Continental appoints Samir Gupta MD for India

In addition to his existing remit as regional head of the Central Asia PLT replacement business within Continental’s Tires division, Samir Gupta has taken on the role of managing director of Continental Tyres India. He began in this capacity this month after relinquishing leadership of Continental Tyres Malaysia, which he’d headed since December 2019.

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  1. Conti to Pump 500 million euros into Emerging Market Tyre Production
  2. Continental to focus investment on Asian markets
  3. Degenhart targeting above-average growth in India for Conti
  4. Continental appoints EMEA, APAC regional replacement tyres heads
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Continental appoints EMEA, APAC regional replacement tyres heads

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Continental has announced new heads for its passenger car and truck tyre replacement business in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions. Ferdinand Hoyos (45) will manage Continental’s EMEA replacement tyre business, while Dalibor Kalina (47) will take over Hoyos’s former role as APAC head. The appointees will take up their new positions on 1 January, 2022. Hoyos has been heading Continental’s replacement tyre business in the APAC region since 2018. He succeeds Philipp v. Hirschheydt (47), who is moving to Continental’s Automotive group sector.

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Related news:

  1. Continental to streamline board as members to leave early
  2. Continental reorganises top management within Tire division
  3. Continental reorganises replacement tyre businesses in EMEA
  4. Conti’s Puchov, Slovakia plant celebrates 20th anniversary
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