The works will be completed by the end of this year, when the factory will have a total area exceeding 21,000 sq.m.

With its five divisions, Chassis & Safety, Interior, Powertrain, Anvelope and ContiTech, the group registered in 2015 EUR 39.2 billion and currently has more than 212,000 employees in 55 countries.

In the period 1999-2015, Continental invested EUR 1,130 million in Romania. All five divisions of Continental are present in Romania, with seven production units and four research and development centres in Timişoara, Sibiu, Carei, Nădab, Braşov and Iaşi. Continental is partner of a joint-venture in Slatina and has a distribution centre for tires in Bucharest. Continental had nearly 16,500 employees in the end of 2015 and will expand its team in 2016 with more than 1,000 people in Romania. (source: zf.ro)