The system is operated by battery-powered robots.

This is the first equipment of its kind within Continental’s automotive plants worldwide.

Between 1999 and 2018, Continental had invested nearly EUR1.6 billion in its operations in Romania, in its five divisions. Continental Group owns seven production units and four engineering centers in the cities and towns of Timisoara, Sibiu, Carei, Nadab, Brasov and Iasi.

Continental carried out investments of EUR240 million in 2018, in its Romanian units, in infrastructure, equipment and leading-edge technology.