It all started in Hanover, Germany in October 1871, to manufacture soft rubber products, rubberized fabrics, solid tires for carriages and bicycles. Yes, we are talking about Continental-Caoutchouc-und Gutta-Percha Compagnie, which we call now as Continental tires!

Continental tires started its operations in US under the name Continental General Tire, which is changed to Continental Tire North America, Inc. (CTNA). CTNA is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is a subsidiary of Continental AG. CTNA alone employs 9,000 employees. There are five manufacturing facilities located throughout North America.

Continental tires now have different divisions and nearly 65,000 employees work in the Continental Tire, Continental Automotive Systems and ContiTech divisions at 80 locations in 36 countries Continental tires has come a long way in these 135 years and is now ranked number 1 tire maker in Germany, ranked number 2 in Europe and ranked number 4 in the world.

Continental tires are produced In 21 plants around the globe. The production figures are very impressive at more than 90 million passenger car tires and more than 6 million commercial vehicle and two-wheel tires per year.

Continental tires are a major supplier to the original equipment customers like BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Continental tires also cater to replacement tire markets and sell Continental, General, and Euzkadi etc. This segments accounts to 34% of the North America sales.

Next large sales are achieved by Continental tires is in the truck tires segment with 29%. The deliveries of these Commercial vehicle tires go to Caterpillar, John Deere, Freightliner, Mack, Volvo etc. 25 % of North American sales of Continental tires are from supplies to Original Equipment for passenger car segment.

Some continental tires are Continental Conti4x4SportContact, Continental Conti4x4WinterContact, Continental ContiContact CS/CT 21, Continental ContiContact CT 22, Continental ContiEcoContact CP, Continental ContiEcoContact EP, Continental ContiPremiumContact, Continental ContiSportContact, Continental ContiWinterContact TS 790, Continental CS22, Continental CV51, Continental SportContact CH/CV/CZ 90 etc

The Sport Contact CH/CV/CZ 90 continental tires are multi-directional high performance tire is designed for smooth ride exceeding 240 KPH. Continental tires offers you a wide range of tires and you can get every type of tire for your automobile.

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