The Group Will Become a Pure-Play Tire... (www.polyformnext.de)
Continental Sells ContiTech to Lone Star Funds
Continental is selling its ContiTech division to Lone Star Funds for 4.0 billion euros. Going forward, the company will focus entirely on the tire business.
read more...Thermal management for the car (www.polyformnext.de)
Extrusion and blow molding for electric and hybrid vehicles
Plastics will play an even more important role in future vehicle concepts than is already typical today. To this end, materials and processes need to be further developed and - with process reliability in large-scale production - exploited to the full.
read more...From steam engine to HyperPodX (www.industrial-production.de)
120 years of Continental drive belts
Continental has significantly shaped the history of the drive belt and thus the progress of the industry. The registration of the Continental brand for drive belts dates back to 1899.
read more...Logistics solution of the future (www.industrial-production.de)
Continental supports Hyperloop technology
For the "HyperPodX" project, students from Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences and the University of Oldenburg have developed a Hyperloop as part of a competition organized by the American company SpaceX. The drive is provided by a high-performance belt from Continental.
read more...German Innovation Award 2018 (www.polyformnext.de)
Eight awards
At the German Innovation Awards, Continental received a total of eight prizes for product innovations from various product areas.
read more...Hanover Fair 2018 (www.industrial-production.de)
Contitech: Storage elements protect self-propelled transport systems
Continental offers mounting elements that protect self-propelled units in intralogistics from shocks and vibrations caused by unevenness such as thresholds or slight differences in height.
read more...Production facilities (www.industrial-production.de)
ContiTech invests in Hungary
Over the past one and a half years, the industrial supplier ContiTech, which belongs to the German technology company Continental, has invested around 20 million euros in the Nyíregyháza site alone.
read more...Continental continues to expand (www.polyformnext.de)
Contitech invests 20 million in Hungarian site in Nyiregyhaza
Contitech is expanding its commitment in Hungary. Over the past one and a half years, the industrial supplier has invested around 20 million euros in the Nyíregyháza site alone. A second mixing line for rubber and a production facility for hoses used in automotive heating and cooling applications have been built.
read more...Production of automotive hoses (www.polyformnext.de)
ContiTech signs letter of intent for new hose plant in China
ContiTech has signed a letter of intent for a new plant in Qingdao, China, for the production of automotive hoses on the occasion of a delegation tour of Germany led by Dr. Guo Shuqing, Governor of Shandong Province.
read more...Ultramid support bearing (www.polyformnext.de)
Polyamide support bearings for the car chassis
Lightweight construction, safety and comfort thanks to plastic. The support bearing made of glass fiber-reinforced polyamide is 25 percent lighter than the aluminium solution and offers greater ride comfort thanks to the highly insulating rubber element.
read more...Slimming down lightweight construction once... (www.polyformnext.de)
Interior solutions for lighter vehicles
Enormous weight savings can be achieved with modern vehicle interior materials. Erhard Barho informed the specialist audience at the Lightweight Vehicles Conference in Berlin about the possibilities that are already available today.
read more...Metal substitution Vehicle construction (www.polyformnext.de)
Rear axle transmission crossmember made of polyamide ready for series production
The switch from aluminum to plastic in this sophisticated functional component for the S-Class is intended to reduce vibrations and noise while ensuring a high level of crash safety and a weight saving of around 25 percent.
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