Continental AG

Continental AG
Company typePublic
ISINDE0005439004 
Industry
PredecessorEnglebert 
Founded8 October 1871 (1871-10-08)
Headquarters
Hanover, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsTires, brake systems, powertrains, chassis components, automotive safety, vehicle electronics
Revenue €41.42 billion (2023)
€1.854 billion (2023)
€1.156 billion (2023)
Total assets €37.75 billion (2023)
Total equity €13.68 billion (2023)
OwnerSchaeffler Group (46%)
Number of employees
202,763 (2023)
Subsidiaries
Websitecontinental.com
Footnotes / references

Continental AG, commonly known as Continental and colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company. Headquartered in Hanover, Lower Saxony, it is the world's third-largest automotive supplier and the fourth-largest tire manufacturer. Continental specializes in tires, brake systems, vehicle electronics, automotive safety, powertrain, chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries.

The company is structured into six divisions named Chassis and Safety, Powertrain, Interior, Tires, ContiTech, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). It sells tires for automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles worldwide under the Continental brand. It also produces and sells other brands with more select distribution, such as Viking (limited global presence), General Tire (U.S./Canada), Gislaved Tires (Canada, Spain, Nordic Markets), Semperit Tyres, Barum to serve EU and Russia. Other brands are Uniroyal (Europe), Sportiva, Mabor and Matador and formerly Sime/Simex tyres (now Dunlop Tyres Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei). Continental's customers include all major automobile, truck and bus producers, such as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz Group, BharatBenz, Ford, Volvo, Iveco, Schmitz, Koegel, Freightliner Trucks, BMW, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Renault, Stellantis (ex-PSA) and Porsche.