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MOTORINDIA
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July 2012
Indian OEMs”.
Said Claude d’Gama Rose, Man-
aging Director of Continental India:
“We have yet again proved our com-
mitment to the Indian market. We
have had a series of investments and
corporate announcements in 2011,
including the acquisition of Modi
Tyres, buying back the remaining
shares at a JV with Rico Auto, the
entry of Benecke-Kaliko (a part of
the ContiTech division) into the
Indian market, Phase III expansion
of our Technical Center India, etc.
With the backing of these invest-
ments, we are quite confident of
reaching the projected
growth in India”.
Continental
is
banking on its locali-
zation strategy and
believes it is the key
to its growth in the
developing markets.
With a high degree
of localization of the
value-added chain,
Continental is capable
of offering high-end
technology with global standards
customized for the Indian market
and, more importantly, at an afford-
able cost. It successfully combines
its technical expertise and global ex-
posure with the know-how of its In-
dian engineers and specialists. Ear-
lier, in 2011, Continental announced
its strategy to double growth in India
and made significant investments
across its divisions and business
units.
The Automotive Group with its
three divisions – Chassis & Safety
(sales of approximately Euro 6.5 bil-
lion and 33,000 employees), Power-
train (sales of approximately Euro
5.8 billion and 31,000 employees)
and Interior (sales of approximately
Euro 6.1 billion and 32,000 employ-
ees) – achieved overall sales of ap-
proximately Euro 18.5 billion in
2011. The group is present in more
than 170 locations worldwide. As a
partner of the automotive and com-
mercial vehicle industry, it develops
and turns out innovative products
and systems for a modern society, in
which cars provide individual mo-
bility and driving pleasure consist-
ent with driving safety, environmen-
tal responsibility and cost efficiency.
The Chassis & Safety Division
develops and produces electronic
and hydraulic brake and chassis
control systems, sensors, driver as-
sistance systems, airbag electronics
and -sensorics, washer systems and
electronic air suspension systems.
Its core competence is the integra-
tion of active and passive driving
safety into ContiGuard.
The Powertrain Division inte-
grates innovative and efficient sys-
tem solutions for vehicle power-
trains. The comprehensive range
of products includes gasoline and
diesel injection systems, engine
management, transmission control,
including sensors and actuators,
as well as fuel-supply systems and
components and systems for hybrid
and electric drives.
Information management is at
the very heart of the Interior Divi-
sion that provides a range of prod-
ucts like instrument clusters and
multi-functional displays, control
units, electronic car-entry systems,
tyre-monitoring systems, radios,
multimedia and navigation systems,
climate control systems, telematics
solutions and cockpit modules and
systems.
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With sales of Euro 30.5 billion in 2011, Continental is among the leading
automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems
and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotain-
ment solutions, vehicle electronics, tyres and technical elastomers, the com-
pany contributes to enhanced driving safety and global climate protection.