Continental AG
German multinational company in the automotive component supplier industry
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| February 2024 | Continental AG cut approximately 7,150 positions in its automotive unit. |
| April 2022 | Continental resumed tire production in Russia despite international sanctions related to the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| December 2021 | Continental was pressured by China to stop doing business with Lithuania due to a diplomatic dispute. |
| February 2021 | Continental acquired a minority stake in Recogni, a German-U.S. start-up, to advance autonomous driving technology. |
| 2020 | Continental won an inaugural PACEpilot award for its Virtual A-Pillar technology, which helps eliminate forward blind spots. |
| December 1 2020 | Nikolai Setzer becomes Chief Executive Officer, taking over leadership from Elmar Degenhart. |
| November 13 2020 | Nikolai Setzer was announced as the new CEO following the sudden resignation of Elmar Degenhart. |
| 2018 | Continental won a PACE Award for its Digital Micromirror Head-Up Display technology. Additionally, Continental and Audi received an Innovation Partnership Award for their Safety Domain Control Unit (SDCU). |
| 2017 | Continental signed a partnership to be the Tour de France official tire sponsor until 2027. |
| October 2016 | Continental Tire the Americas purchased Hoosier Racing Tire. |
| April 2016 | Continental AG and Honda's U.S. subsidiary received the Automotive News PACE Innovation Partnership Award for the Bidirectional Long Range Communications (BLRC) System. |
| February 2016 | CTA announced plans to build a Commercial Tire plant in Clinton, Mississippi, with an investment of approximately $1.4 billion and potential employment of 2,500 people. |
| 2015 | Continental AG was honored with two PACE Awards for its Bare Die High-Density-Interconnect (BD-HDI) Printed Circuit Board Substrate Technology for Transmission Electronics and Multi-application Unified Sensor Element (MUSE). |
| 2014 | Continued deployment of the BLRC System on Acura TLX and Acura RLX models. |
| 2013 | Continental AG and Honda debuted the Bidirectional Long Range Communications (BLRC) System on the Acura MDX, featuring a remote control key fob that can operate the vehicle from over half a kilometer away. |
| September 6 2012 | Continental returned to the DAX index of 30 selected German blue chip stocks after a 45-month absence. |
| 2011 | Continental Tire the Americas (CTA) announced plans to build a new plant in Sumter, South Carolina, with an expected investment of $500 million and potential employment of 1,600 workers by 2020. |
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