Ohlwein was appointed head of Industrial Engineering department for tires division, in Hannover, Germany.

Samonid has been working within Continental group for 15 years. Before joining the team of the group’s tire factory in Timisoara, Samonid had worked as a production manager at Continental’s truck tire plant in Mount Vernon (USA).

Continental group, which has been operating in Romania for 15 years, has invested EUR370 million in its tire plant in Timisoara, and created around 2,300 jobs.

The group has seven production units and three research and development centers in Timisoara (western Romania), Sibiu (central Romania), Carei (northern Romania), Arad (western Romania), Brasov (central Romania) and Iasi (eastern Romania).