ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industrial specialists. Its customers can be found in key industries such as machine and plant engineering, mining, the agricultural industry, and the automotive industry. With around 46,000 employees, the company uses its development and material expertise for products and systems made of rubber, polyamide, metal, textile, and electronic components to combine these with individual services. ContiTech also offers functional and design-oriented living solutions and is always searching for customer-friendly and environmentally-friendly answers – going well and truly beyond its roots as a producer of rubber products.

ContiTech History

Highlights of Our History

Since 1871, Continental has created a wide range of products and innovations that represent innovative strength, technological know-how, and material expertise. Get to know the product highlights and solutions as well as patents and curiosities from our eventful past.

Services

As a global, comprehensive solutions provider, we consider all steps along the process chain: from planning and commissioning, to monitoring and maintenance. That is why we offer a wide range of services that complement our product portfolio. Here you can find them all in one place: catalogues and configurators, trainings and system consulting, on-site support and digital services.

Continental’s Material Experts on a Mission Towards Sustainable Industry Solutions

As a sustainable supplier for a variety of industries, we are dedicated to developing material-driven solutions that address challenges our world is facing. Combating climate change and reducing its impacts, together with our partners along the value chain, is a task we are committed to. The precise understanding of the resources we use, combined with our passion and curiosity to develop resourceful solutions with best performance, help to create a more sustainable future for all. Ensuring 100% Carbon Neutrality along our value chain and a 100% Circular Economy play a key role here.

Continental’s Comprehensive Sustainability Framework

With our sustainability framework we drive the ongoing transformation of the economy towards a healthy ecosystem for sustainable mobility and industry. We are committed to strong and visionary ambitions, which we want to achieve by 2050 at the latest. Since 2011, Continental has been publishing an annual sustainability report for our stakeholders who want to know what principles we follow and how we measure our sustainability performance.

Our Focus for the Industries

Different industries face different challenges when addressing climate change. Our experts know that and tackle these challenges passionately. To achieve our ambitions we focus on the following topics that support our diverse customers on the path to CO2 neutrality and zero waste.

• Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality

Our roadmap shows in which areas of the value chain we are emitting CO2, to which extent and how we can operate completely CO2 net neutral.

• Sustainable Materials

We aim to replace fossil based with sustainable materials in all our products to pave the way toward circular economy.

• Responsible Sourcing

We aim to ensure a sustainable supplier base by striving for a circular economy, saving CO2, managing risks proactively and acting transparently.

• Product End Of Life Treatment

We take responsibility for our own product recycling or ensure our products are circular within industry recycling pathways.

• Green OperationsGreen Operations

At our worldwide plants, we are committed to sustainable, green business practices that protect people, nature and the environment.

• Circular Economy ProductsCircular Economy Products

We aim to establish an EcoDesign in all our products to ensure resource retaining by closed loops.