ContiTech News of the Year 2011

December 2011 Fuel cells from Continental Behälterbau enabled BMW to garner a first prize in rally sport.

December 2011 ContiTech investing €6.2 million at Ponta Grossa location and doubles the production capacity for drive belts.

November 2011 ContiTech air springs enable buses from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong to withstand extreme conditions.

November 2011 Scoring Points with Sustainability: ContiTech triumphed with their unique brochure in the category image publications at the Econ Award finals. Examples of the finest pages will be published along with jury comments in the Corporate Communication Yearbook.

November 2011 Equipped with a retractable power unit, gliders can be launched without elastic rope, winch or powered tow plane and return to the departure aerodrome on their own. A key component of the power unit is a timing belt from ContiTech.

November 2011 ContiTech’s sets new standards in the marketplace with newly developed printing plates.

November 2011 In a combined sporting event, four ContiTech employees have raised money for seriously ill children. The event lasted from sunrise to sundown.

October 2011 New publication presents ContiTech’s entire service range for the Chinese market.

October 2011 ContiTech expands production capacity at its headquarters in Hannover-Vahrenwald and creates additional jobs.

October 2011 Industry has long been searching for this innovation: a flexible insulation material that provides lasting protection from heat loss in industrial systems. Developed by ContiTech Elastomer Coatings, this new material encases even the most complex pipe systems – completely.

October 2011 As a premium supplier of upholstery materials, Benecke-Kaliko is very much in demand in North America.

September 2011 ContiTech strengthens its commitment in Eastern Europe. Fluid Technology invests over 10 million euros in a new plant for hose lines in Serbia. Phoenix Compounding Technology plans a mixing plant for 5 million euros in Hungary.

September 2011 Excellent supplier performance and outstanding supplier certificate: VW Baunatal has cited ContiTech MGW and ContiTech Fluid Automotive Waltershausen as supplier of the year 2011.

September 2011 ‘Engineering green value’ – at ContiTech, this basic idea underlies a strong corporate commitment to and technological expertise in the development and use of innovative products.

September 2011 About 2,000 employees and guests join up at the plant to celebrate the site’s 50th anniversary.

September 2011 At Continental AG's IAA 2011 corporate stand (booth A07 in hall 5.1), ContiTech will be showing off components and systems that extend a car’s life while at the same time making the vehicle more comfortable and convenient to use.

August 2011 ContiTech’s “Engineering green value” brochure nominated in two important competitions.

August 2011 The significant contribution that ContiTech makes to developing environmentally friendly logistical solutions through climate-friendly, sustainable and emission-reducing fluid solutions is well known.

August 2011 "Driving Future Mobility." is Continental's IAA motto. ContiTech is presenting innovative solutions at its IAA booth (A 08 in hall 5.1) .

August 2011 ContiTech trainees are getting involved in charity organizations and social projects.

July 2011 Rubber is the secret star of the modern world: a unique, durable master of adaptation, unbelievably versatile, indispensible and fascinating. Without rubber, we would have virtually no complete industrial system functioning today.

July 2011 Fight against pirated copies: ContiTech has pulled off a successful strike against dealer in the United Arab Emirates.

July 2011On the road to success with eco-friendly surface materials: Benecke-Kaliko celebrates anniversary in Eislingen.

June 2011They transfer ink to paper for newspapers, magazines and packaging materials: Printing blankets. With exemplary processes and a research and development ever geared to the future, ContiTech has shaped the printing blanket industry for a century – as one of the world’s largest manufacturers.

June 2011The world-famous motorcycle manufacturer, KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG, relies on quality fuel hoses from ContiTech.

June 2011Journalists attending a meeting of the press at ContiTech’s Plant in Changshu were eager to hear about ContiTech’s eco-friendly products and innovative power.

June 2011Through its objective of guaranteeing international competitiveness by creating a diverse range of efficient, sustainable structures, the ContiTech site in Waltershausen, Germany, has become one of the most modern in the world.

June 2011Durable: ContiTech is offering work apparel for auto mechanics.

June 2011ContiTech’s climate-neutral printing blankets are among the best German ideas.

May 2011At the 6th CONTI-AIR® Symposium, experts from throughout Europe discussed requirements, developments and opportunities in the field of heatset offset printing.

May 2011In Koblenz, Germany's largest ropeway outside of the Alps has been making its rounds since April. One of the world's most modern and most powerful ropeways. It connects the lower area of the Bundesgartenschau [Federal Garden Show], or BUGA, with the Fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Among the gondola lift's technical highlights are air...

May 2011ContiTech has collaborated with the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center to reconstruct a 40-year-old component for the Mercedes 600.

May 2011ContiTech has helped develop a new solution that stores solar energy as effectively as possible: the FLEXSAVE Duo flexible solar tank. The heat storage system is capable of conforming to any space constraints imposed by a house, unlike conventional designs in steel.

May 2011Benecke-Kaliko is the first foil manufacturer anywhere in the world to test the environmental compatibility of its interior materials.

May 2011ContiTech appoints new general managers for Fluid Technology and Air Spring Systems.

May 2011ContiTech AG is stepping up its involvement in the market for hoses for raw material extraction and for maritime applications.

April 2011Record order for Eddelbüttel & Schneider and the ContiTech Oil & Marine: In close collaboration, the two companies supplied the water intake system for the world’s largest FPSO vessel. FPSO vessels are gigantic ships that process and store petroleum and natural gas until the raw materials can be picked up...

April 2011A new production line from ContiTech makes 50 percent longer hoses possible for oil field applications.

April 2011A timing belt from ContiTech drives the rear wheel in the electric motorcycle of the double electric world champion, MÜNCH Racing.

April 2011Further ContiTech trade fair highlights: health- and eco-friendly materials for vehicle interiors, innovations for renewable energies such as new solar hot water tank. Solar thermal experts discussed potentials of and technologies for private and industrial use of solar heat at Round Table event “Full Power for the Sun”.

April 2011The soft-trim materials in the Acella® product family from Benecke-Kaliko are kind to the skin and low in emissions.

April 2011Next step towards a resource-saving future: The new generation of carbon black-free industrial timing belts from ContiTech.

April 2011Climate-neutral printing blankets from ContiTech have been cited as one of 365 trend-setting ideas of the year in Germany.

March 2011The technology company ContiTech showcases forward-looking innovations for sustainable mobility and energy supply at this year’s Hannover Messe from 4 until 8 April. Two of the highlights: health-sustaining and climate-friendly automobile interior trim materials and the new generation of industrial timing belts...

March 2011‘Engineering Green Value’ – at ContiTech, this basic idea stands for our special commitment and technological expertise in the development, production, and application of your products. ContiTech's newly published special publication highlights the company's efforts to protect the environment and the global climate.

March 2011ContiTech drive belts reduce combustion engine emissions and improve driving comfort.

February 2011Dunlop Oil & Marine has completely redesigned its website.

February 2011With a new training initiative, Klaus Faßler, plant manager in Waltershausen, attracts young people to ContiTech.

February 2011ContiTech supplies many components that help make a system "eco-friendly".

February 2011ContiTeamCup: The Continental plant in Korbach, Hesse, is supporting five social projects in the region with its champion’s prize.

January 2011Benecke-Kaliko’s new DecoJect™ thin foil offers a cost-effective alternative to varnishing injected-molded vehicle interior surfaces.

January 2011The World Energy Council estimates the global potential of wave energy at one terawatt – equal to the output of 1,000 power plants. The Pelamis wave power station points the way to the promising future of this climate-friendly form of energy. As development partner, ContiTech is also on board the floating power pack.

January 2011ContiTech Fluid Automotive Romania has again been cited as one of the country’s most successful companies.

January 2011Switzerland has notched up another superlative. In October 2010, the tunnel boring machine “Gabi I” drilled through the final centimeters of the 57-kilometer-long Gotthard base tunnel. Switzerland can now claim the world’s longest tunnel. Hoses and conveyor belts from ContiTech are also involved in the construction...

January 2011DIN EN ISO 3821 supersedes DIN EN 559: changes in hose labeling.