ContiTech News of the Year 2010

August 2010Special-purpose belts from ContiTech are used in lidding machines to seal the jars.

August 2010ContiTech AG has fully taken over its ContiTech-Jiebao Power Transmission Systems Ltd. joint venture.

August 2010The widespread misconception is that diamonds are extracted from mines. De Beers gathers diamonds from the sea floor off the coast of Namibia. For a good fifteen years now, ContiTech has been developing and supplying the floating hoses – that are used to suck up the valuable sea sand and load it onto ships.

August 2010New exhaust emission limits for construction equipment establish new requirements for engines, and for the engine mounts as well.

August 2010Largest expansion in company’s history: ContiTech Thermopol taps new markets.

August 2010Highly resistant, reliable, sturdy, durable – the very best materials are merely good enough when it comes to life rafts. The world’s leading manufacturer of marine rescue equipment, Viking Life-Saving Equipment relies on ContiTech Elastomer Coatings’ decades of experience with rubber.

August 2010For heavy weights: the new bell mount from ContiTech suspends hanging loads of up to 300 kilos.

July 2010ContiTech has played a decisive role in the development of drive belts and is still a major driving force within the industry.

July 2010Paragliding is a very popular sport. The Czech company Nirvana Systems s.r.o. is one of the best known manufacturers of paramotors. V-ribbed belts from the ContiTech Power Transmission Group drive the propellers on these vehicles, ensuring a longer time in the air.

July 2010Latest generation of DAMPF TRIX® HOSES cares for maximum reliability in transporting saturated steam.

July 2010There’s no compromising when it comes to fuel cells. Precision workmanship, a sure instinct for the job at hand, abundant know-how and pronounced quality awareness characterize the employees at ContiTech Behälterbau, the maker of customized special-purpose fuel cells.

July 2010The integrated splash protection of the new boot from ContiTech keeps bearings clean.

July 2010ContiTech continues to expand its global presence and offers various possibilities of information and contact data.

June 2010Rubber 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.

June 2010The new Gautrain in South Africa, which brings football fans to the World Cup stadiums, uses air suspension systems from ContiTech.

June 2010ContiTech materials make for the lighting needed in carrying out important jobs – such as road work – that can be tended to only late at night.

June 2010 Plastic parts for charge air lines are manufactured in Waltershausen, Germany.

June 2010 Slashing energy consumption with optimized processes: The team from ContiTech Engineering tracks down ways to counter global warming.

May 2010Inside the largest crane of all times, ContiTech hose lines master the perfect interplay of hydraulic forces – and make certain that the gigantic machine has the high power required to do its demanding job.

May 2010Timing belts from ContiTech drive high-performance motion simulators for the training of professional race car drivers.

May 2010By offering further education options, ContiTech makes its employees at the plant in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, ready for their professional future.

May 2010Practical and thorough: ContiTech analyzes vibrations in driver‘s cabs – also directly on the test track.

May 2010One of the key technologies for cost-saving, eco- and climate-friendly cars is light-weight design. And ContiTech is one of the companies leading the way.

May 2010In Birmingham ContiTech is showing off climate-neutral printing blankets unlike anything found anywhere else in the world and new printing blankets for special applications.

May 2010The textile-reinforced suspension hose MUTEX absorbs pressure peaks by its great volume increase capacity.

May 2010China's largest manufacturer of automobile interiors, Yanfeng Visteon, honours the performance of Benecke-Kaliko.

May 2010In developing the CONTI-V® PIONEER, ContiTech is making an enormous contribution to resource conservation. It is the first wrapped V-belt anywhere in the world made mainly of renewable resources.

April 2010ContiTech equipped almost all the news lines of the metro system in Shanghai with air springs.

April 2010ContiTech invests more than 10 million euros for a new Conveyor belt production in Ponta Grossa.

April 2010Stronger position in Japan Benecke-Kaliko and Tatsuta Chemical Co. Ltd. signed a contract for technological cooperation.

April 2010ContiTech Beattie has been honored with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

April 2010The future needs of humans in terms of quality of life, health and an intact environment represent tremendous challenges for technology companies. ContiTech specialists sat down for a round table discussion at the ContiTech AG stand in Hall 5 of the Hannover Messe.

April 2010The new China Railways CRH1 high-speed train is being equipped with air spring systems from ContiTech. In doing so, ContiTech is strengthening its position in China’s rail technology sector.

April 2010Intensive media interest at the ContiTech press conference during the Hannover Messe. Center of focus: economic facts, opportunities for growth and innovations.

April 2010ContiTech saves some €800,000 in energy costs per year in Waltershausen and joins the Thuringia Sustainability Agreement.

April 2010Using a special rubber compound, ContiTech has succeeded in reducing the amount of energy consumed during the transportation of raw materials by 20 percent.

April 2010The new overview of ContiTech’s vibration control products is online.

April 2010A blast hole drill with hydraulic lines from ContiTech functions reliably under grueling conditions in a quarry.

March 2010Benecke-Kaliko is selling its holding in Benoac Fertigteile GmbH, Peine, to Johnson Controls.

March 2010On track for the future in Asia: ContiTech celebrated the opening of its new location in Changshu, China, with some 500 guests.

March 2010ContiTech showcased hose lines and air spring systems for all commercial vehicle applications at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

March 2010ContiTech’s CONTI-V® PIONEER V-belt is a 2010 Future Prize winner.

March 2010ContiTech Beattie has been named an "Investors in People" champion. This is the highest level within the international standard for sustainable success in corporate development.

March 2010Competent service for garage customers: The training offered by ContiTech gives automotive mechanics an opportunity to deepen their drive belt expertise.

March 2010A pioneer in climate protection: As the first manufacturer anywhere in the world, ContiTech Elastomer Coatings has introduced a climate-neutral process for making its printing blankets.

Feb. 2010The new website of Eddelbüttel + Schneider features new design and clearly structured layout.

Feb. 2010Refueling is such a run-of-the-mill activity that hardly anyone bothers to consider the amount of high-tech involved in ensuring that fuel flows safely. This is cutting-edge technology of an enthralling nature, in which ContiTech plays a key role.

Feb. 2010Faster service for customers: In Singapore ContiTech has now opened up a service center where PHOENIX XTRA BLANKETS and CONTI-AIR® printing blankets will be cut to size and equipped with bars.

Feb. 2010This testing method is unmatched anywhere in the world: In its own research and development center in Hanover, ContiTech Air Spring Systems runs a computer simulation of the adversities a vehicle is up against in the course of a very normal life.

Feb. 2010 Some 10,000 tonnes on a cross-country journey: It took three months to move a nearly 200 meter long steel giant from the open pit mine in Bergheim to its new workplace 20 kilometers away in Hambach. Conveyor belts from ContiTech were on board.

Feb. 2010 ContiTech Fluid Technology’s image film “Lifelines” was awarded Bronze in the “International” category at the 17th ITVA Festival for Business Films.

Jan. 2010 The new Elaflon PTFE multipurpose hoses from ContiTech combine flexural fatigue strength and resistance to stress cracking with high temperature stability.

Jan. 2010The drive and timing belts from the ContiTech Power Transmission Group are frequently at work behind the scenes – whether V-belts or V-ribbed belts, timing or PU flat belts.

Jan. 2010Your best bet is to go to your nearest auto repair shop. If your V-belt squeals in winter a new belt should be installed, advises ContiTech. On no account should you simply carry on driving.

Jan. 2010GOLD SNAKE® is more than a brand article. Time and again it has provided the inspiration in Europe and elsewhere for astounding works of art. Recognized for its artistic value, the name-brand hose has long since acquired cult status.

Jan. 2010TEPEO 2® TPO foil from Benecke-Kaliko AG won over the jury for the 12th Automotive Division Award conferred by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Central Europe.

Jan. 2010ContiTech developed the first transmission cross beam made of plastic in close cooperation with BMW and BASF. It is used as standard in the new BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo 550i.