About Continental in Portugal

Continental Mabor started in July 1990 as a joint venture between Mabor (40%) and Continental (60%). In 1993, Continental acquired the remaining capital. Since its start, the plant expanded its facilities to 799,150 m². Nowadays it has a covered area of more than 314,000 m² and also increased tire production from 5,000 to over 50,000 tires per day. Continental Mabor manufactures passenger and off-the-road tires and has in its facilities an Evaluation and Testing Center for several tires. There is also a recently opened technology hub in Lousado which develops solutions that are replicated across the Group's tire plants.

Continental-Indústria Têxtil do Ave produces textile solutions for various industries, specializing in fabrics and cords for tires, and knitted fabrics for artificial leather applications. Continental-ITA's vision demonstrates where it came from (textiles) and at the same time the willingness to go where the future takes it; its mission focuses on creating value, in various forms, for all stakeholders.

Continental Pneus, Lousado is responsible for the sales of Continental Group tires in Portugal for both OEM and replacement market for PLT, 4x4s, commercial, and industrial vehicles. With a close approach to its customers, the company has positioned itself as a market benchmark in terms of profitability and sustained presence, providing products and services able to create value for its Business Partners. With safe mobility as a fundamental base, the company carries out various initiatives under the Vision Zero project, for a future without accidents.

Continental Lemmerz, founded on September 27, 1994, is a company specialized in tire/wheel assembly, supplying them on a Just In Time basis, with a modern, fully automated assembly line with a capacity of over 1,000,000 wheels per year (from rim 16" to 21"). The barcode system ensures complete traceability of the process from component's reception to shipment. Owned by Continental Mabor and by Schedl Automotive System Service Auslandsbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, its sole client is VW Autoeuropa.

Continental Solution Center aims to boost tire solution digitalization, optimizing both production processes and commercial operations. Incorporating artificial intelligence creates improvements, it can enhance final finishing activities, by detecting deviations almost imperceptible to the human eye. Another CSC’s focus area is tire management, such as the ContiConnect solution, that provides the digital monitoring of tire metrics (pressure, temperature and mileage) which enables specific action recommendations.