Continental has received the excellence award “Supplier Quality Excellence Award” for its tire factory in Timisoara, from General Motors Europe.
Continental Anvelope Timisoara is the biggest investment of German auto group Continental in Romania. Throughout its 16 years of activity in Romania, the company has invested over EUR400 million in its local tire factory and created over 2,400 jobs. Continental Anvelope Timisoara has so far supplied more than 180 million tires to customers in Europe and worldwide.
Between 1999 and 2015, Continental invested EUR1.13 billion in activities in Romania. The company has seven production units and four research and development (R&D) centers in Timisoara, Sibiu, Carei, Nadab, Brasov and Iasi. End-2015, Continental had some 16,500 employees and will expand its team in 2016 by over 1,000 new members in Romania.