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SINGAPORE, 16 October 2020 – Eurokars Group has officially unveiled the new crossover, Mazda CX-8, a new generation of product lineup of SUVs by Mazda. Debunking the myth that “A three-row vehicle must be a minivan”, the Mazda CX-8 belongs to a sophisticated genre of the SUV segment. The objectives of this powertrain expansion lineup are to complement the customers’ diversified and multi-faceted lifestyles while enhancing safety performance and interior quality and comfort for all vehicle occupants.

Designed to look both timeless and edgy, with an elegant and premium feel, the Mazda CX-8 is made with a focus on proportions, form and fine details to engender a strong, matured and dignified road presence. The CX-8 is Mazda’s first new-generation model in Japan to feature a more mature interpretation of Mazda’s Signature KODO – Soul of Motion design language that explores the essence of Japanese aesthetics while elevating car design to the level of fine art.

The development of this model is also in line with the spirit of Mazda Motor Corporation’s “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030” long-term vision which delineates how Mazda will use driving pleasure to help solve issues facing people, the earth and society.

The Mazda CX-8 aims to satisfy customers’ diverse needs ranging from requiring more space or increased seating capacity to higher quality and greater comfort on the road, and at the same time, thrill and delight them with the exciting and dynamic performance that is intrinsic in all Mazda cars.

Packed with this gamut of exceptional attributes, it is little wonder that in 2018, the Mazda CX-8 was named the Japan Automobile Hall of Fame’s Car of the Year for its outstanding performance and space-efficient interior as well as its advanced technologies aimed at preventing accidents and reducing driver fatigue.

The Mazda CX-8 is well-equipped with a host of high-tech features and components to aid and support the driver, and improve the vehicle’s overall performance. The Mazda CX-8 is powered by Mazda’s trademark SKYACTIV-G 2.5 litre gasoline engine which offers drivers nimble handling, excellent fuel economy and agile driving performance. The high 13:1 compression ratio; lower weight of the aluminum-alloy cylinder block and a redesigned balance shaft reduce low frequency booming noise, which in turn propels the engine to achieve its high levels of dynamic performance and cabin quietness.

Now, coupled with its exquisite and stylish design, the Mazda CX-8 also offers a three-row seating option which caters to the needs of families or people who enjoy the freedom and flexibility of increased space without having to compromise fuel efficiency, space, safety and driving performance.

For greater versatility, customers can choose between a six-seater model variant or seven-seater model variant to meet their need for space. Comfort is assured as the Mazda CX-8 boasts a cabin environment that provides the occupants in all three rows with sufficient legroom for a smooth ride. The cabin design is aimed at fully utilising the available space and creates an environment that allows each occupant to sit comfortably by adopting a natural posture.

Mazda has also made strides when it comes to soundproofing in the Mazda CX-8 by creating an even quieter cabin environment that allows the occupants to engage in conversations with relative ease. The quietness in the third row of the Mazda CX-8 is achieved by applying the adhesive which bonds the glass to the liftgate in a different position that suppresses the sound resonance. The area and the number of layers of coating-type vibration-control material under the luggage-room floor were increased as well.

The handling stability and ride comfort of the Mazda CX-8 are superlative due to refinements made to the suspension and steering system to achieve more linear vehicle behaviour. Moreover, the G-Vectoring Control Plus (GVC Plus) — an advanced version of G-Vectoring Control (GVC) — enables direct yaw moment control for more stable vehicle behaviour at high speed.

The Mazda CX-8 delivers the latest and state-of-the-art connectivity and infotainment to everyone on board. Mazda’s advanced Mazda Connect system allows the driver to safely access a compatible smartphone’s contact list and music through Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connection.

The exceptional audio sound system is integrated seamlessly throughout the cabin – providing clear tunes from the front row to the third. The seven-inch TFT LCD display mounted in the center of the meter cluster can show a variety of information directly in the driver’s line of sight which reduces the amount of eye movement required, and improves readability and usability. The rotary switches and dials were designed to convey a more refined look to the commander control.

The Mazda CX-8 is fitted with Mazda’s cutting-edge i-ACTIVSENSE safety technology features which are designed to recognise and avert potential hazards, and pivot the driver’s and passengers’ safety at the heart of all of Mazda’s safety innovations.

The full suite includes Adaptive LED Headlights (ALH); Lane-Keep Assist System (LAS); Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS); Advanced Smart City Brake Support (Advanced SCBS) with day and night pedestrian detection and Driver Attention Alert (DAA). The Mazda CX-8 is also equipped with a 360° camera and display system with eight parking sensors at the front and rear that detect proximity to obstacles and trigger an alarm when necessary.

The All-New Mazda CX-8 will be retailing from S$153,888 for the 7-Seater (Elegance) and S$157,888 for both the 6-Seater and 7-Seater (Luxury). Prices are valid until 21 October 2020 and are accurate at the time of print. Trans Eurokars Pte Ltd reserves the right to amend the prices without prior notice.

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Continental AG (Continental) announced that a new R&D office building at its Changchun Technology Center (CTCC) started operation. The CCTC is the R&D center of the BU PSS (Passive Safety and Sensorics) under Continental AG"s Safety and Motion Business Group, primarily working on the R&D of automotive passive safety solutions. The CCTC currently has nearly 400 R&D staff members. Continental also announced that its subsidiary Continental Automotive (Changchun) Co., Ltd. established a cooperation agreement with the Changchun Jingyue High-tech Industrial Development Zone Management Committee to expand the Jinyue plant. The Jingyue plant was established in Changchun Jingyue High-tech Industrial Development Zone in 2012, covering a land area of about 148,000 square meters and a construction area of about 73,000 square meters. It mainly engages in activities including the R&D and production of automotive electronic products in the fields of vehicle connectivity and architecture, smart mobility, and safety and motion control. (From a press release dated September 23, 2022)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it became a supplier of driver-centric V-shaped double-screen interaction systems for Great Wall Motor. The first model to be equipped with it will be the Haval Shenshou. Continental will also provide V-shaped displays for Great Wall Motor"s future models. The radius and angle of the display solution focuses on the driver"s perspective, placing the driver at the center of the information output. Therefore, it allows the driver to capture information more easily and quickly. In addition, the ergonomics that the display provides improve the driver"s experience. All content is displayed at almost the same viewing distance. (From a press release dated July 15, 2022)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it received a mass production order for 5R1V solutions from a vehicle startup in China. Continental will assist the vehicle startup with the development of Level 2 autonomous driving solutions which will be installed in the first EV of this company in 2024. The 5R1V solution consists of 8-megapixel smart cameras, 5th-generation forward-looking millimeter-wave radars, and corner radars. Continental will also provide users with Level 2 autonomous driving software services. Users will find the software package in their intelligent driving domain controller. (From a press release dated June 23, 2022)

On September 29, 2021, Continental AG(Continental) announced that it signed a joint venture (JV) contract with Horizon Robotics, and the JV would be located in Jiading District, Shanghai. The JV, named Continental Smart Core Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Continental Smart Core Technology), was incorporated on January 17, 2022. It focuses on providing Chinese and foreign vehicle manufacturers with hardware and software integrated solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and automated driving. So far, Continental Smart Core Technology has launched a forward sensing camera (FSC) featuring high value, 8-megapixel, and multi-functions. It has also launched a domain controller equipped with automotive AI chips. Moreover, Continental Smart Core Technology has established business partnerships with multiple Chinese OEMs and received orders from multiple companies.(From a press release dated June 23, 2022)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it will work with Motovis, an autonomous driving developer in China, to jointly develop intelligent mobility solutions that are specially designed for Chinese traffic scenarios with optimized costs. The new system solution will be able to cover various passenger vehicle models from low-cost ones to premium vehicles. It is multi-functional with low cost, low power consumption, and excellent security. It can also accommodate chip platforms with higher processing power and at the same time extend differentiating features to adapt to more advanced levels of automation. The system is expected to be installed in China-branded passenger vehicle models in 2023. (From a press release dated June 13, 2022)

Vitesco Technologies announced that it has started operation of its product quality laboratory in Changchun. The facility was built within Vitesco Technologies" Changchun plant, with a total floor area of approximately 800 square meters. Construction began in January 2021 and took seven months to complete. The facility is equipped with 68 units of various testing equipment, including temperature cycling tests, temperature shock tests, mechanical shock tests, mechanical vibration tests, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests, and ESD tests. (From a press release dated September 23, 2021)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that China TransInfo Technology Co., Ltd. (China TransInfo) intends to invest CNY 86.3 million in Unicom Continental Intelligent Transportation Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (UCIT) to acquire a 38.6476% stake. After the completion of this investment, China TransInfo and Continental will become the top two shareholders of UCIT. Going forward, both Continental and China TransInfo will assist UCIT with the development of new onboard and roadside products, and constantly expand UCIT’s product lineup. On top of that, Continental and China TransInfo will use UCIT as a bridge to achieve cooperation and sharing in many products featuring “vehicle connectivity” and “road connectivity”. UCIT is a provider of products and solutions for intelligent connectivity, intelligent transportation, vehicle-road coordination with intelligent driving, and intelligent mobility. (From press releases dated August 20 and August 21, 2021)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that the third phase of its Lianyungang plant building has been completed. In the future, semi-automatic and fully-automatic production lines will be introduced sequentially to meet growing demand. Established in 1997, Continental Automotive Corporation (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd. belongs to Continental"s autonomous driving and safety business unit, and mainly produces automotive speed sensors. (From a press release dated July 6, 2021)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it began operation of a plant focusing on production of automotive electronic systems in Changshu, a city in Jiangsu Province. With a total land area of more than 13,500 square meters, the plant will serve as Continental’s R&D and manufacturing site for electronic suspension systems in China. The first-phase project of the plant comprises 6 production lines used for the manufacturing and assembly of air suspension modules and air supply systems, with an annual capacity of 200,000 sets. (From a press release dated May 19, 2021)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that its foam technology plant in Changshu, Jiangsu was put into operation. The plant has received a total investment of over CNY 130 million and will produce environment-friendly foam materials for application in automotive interior trims. With an annual capacity of around 6 million square meters, the plant currently provides support to production of automotive interior trims at the Zhangjiagang plant. Continental started trial production at the plant in late 2020 and reserved land for second-phase construction in case of future capacity expansion. Only water-based coatings will be used during production of foam materials at the plant to further reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds from surface materials. These foam materials will be transported to the Zhangjiagang plant about one and a half hours’ drive away and attached to the back of high-quality automotive interior trim parts. (From a press release dated May 18, 2021)

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it offered a series of products and solutions to Geely Auto Group (Geely) for the all-new Xing Yue L compact SUV. Continental’s proprietary information display system controllers developed in China separated controllers and LCDs for the first time, increasing flexibility in cockpit design. These controllers also supported OTA updates, function expansion and connection to multiple displays. In addition, Continental provided vehicle-mounted intelligent antenna modules, which allowed network connection and data uploading inside the Xing Yue L. Continential’s IBS (intelligent battery sensors) can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and increase a vehicle range. Another offering from Continental to the Xing Yue L was brake hose. (From a press release dated April 20, 2021)

Continental announced that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Re-Fire Technology Co., Ltd. (Re-Fire Technology). The companies will cooperate with each other and exchange their experience in such fields as fuel cell fluid systems, vibration control and development of relevant innovative technologies. Specific fields of cooperation will include hydrogen pipelines, gas transmission/exhaust pipelines, water delivery pipelines, end plates for fuel cell stacks, vibration control gears and rubber hose systems for hydrogen refueling stations. The strategic partnership will enable the companies to create an instant information sharing mechanism and carry out in-depth cooperation in a wide range of areas, including brand promotion, product marketing, technology upgrading, quality control, customer services and personnel development. The companies will work together to make continuous contributions in the hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicle industry. (From a press release dated September 16, 2020)

Several Chinese media sources reported that Continental held a groundbreaking ceremony for an electronic air suspension system plant in the city of Changshu, Jiangsu Province. The plant will cover a total land area of more than 13,500 square meters and is expected to start operations in the second quarter of 2021. (From various media sources dated June 29, 2020)

Elektrobit (EB), a subsidiary of Continental, announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Baidu in which EB will provide automotive infrastructure software for the Apollo Computing Unit (ACU), Baidu’s advanced in-vehicle computing platform for autonomous driving. EB is providing its EB tresos automotive basic software products to the Baidu ACU-Advanced Automated Valet Parking project. EB’s industry-leading software will allow car manufacturers and suppliers using ACU to expedite the market introduction of safe systems for Automated Valet Parking.　The ACU, an autonomous driving in-vehicle computing platform for production, is one of the most important products of Baidu Apollo, which is being developed with 156 industry partners including Chinese automakers. Elektrobit is also working with Baidu Apollo in other areas and just published a joint whitepaper on reliable and safe maps for automated driving. (From a press release on August 7, 2019)

Continental AG is going to join the CES Asia 2019 in Shanghai to exhibit solutions and key technologies for intelligent mobility. The exhibits will include a new glassless 3D instrument cluster, an augmented reality head-up display (AR-HUD) system, and an electric vehicle built on a driverless driving technology development platform called the CUbE. The CUbE stands for Continental Urban mobility Experience. It is a driverless automated vehicle with no steering wheel or brake pedal. It will be displayed in China for the first time. Also, the company will display its sensor technology (cameras), a roadside unit (RSU), an intelligent street lamp, road-to-vehicle coordination technology between pedestrians (with bicycles) and the CUbE. It is going to demonstrate these technologies to give visitors the opportunity to experience first-hand future intersections with improved safety and efficiency. (From a press release dated June 6, 2019)

Continental announced on March 6, 2019, the start of operations of its new research and development (R&D) center in Chongqing. The company spent CNY 280 million in the construction of this new development center, having a floor area of 15,000 square meters in its first phase. The lab is going to focus on the development of car body and powertrain products as well as automotive electronics products including solutions, in particular, development and testing in the areas of smart keys, car body controllers, and transmission controllers. By the end of 2020, the center is expected to create 400 new jobs and develop technology for future mobility. For Continental, this is its 18th development facility in China. (From a press release dated March 6, 2019)

On January 8, 2019, Continental Tires began the construction of additional production lines for self-sealing tires and quiet tires at its plant in Hefei, China. The land area of the new production facilities is 6,000 square meters, and the company aims at launching operations at the new plant in 2020. Upon completion, it will have the production capacity to manufacture 3 million self-sealing tires and quiet tires. The self-sealing technology was developed by Continental Tires for immediately sealing a hole in a tire. With this technology, vehicles do not have to be stopped and tires changed soon, even when foreign objects such as nails cause a tire puncture. The sealant works to close the hole and stop the air leak even after the object dislodges. This way, it helps vehicles to continue traveling. The technology for quiet tires was also developed by Continental Tire for lowering the noise level of cars on all types of road surfaces. The company makes these two new tires in Portugal and the Czech Republic currently, and the Hefei Plant will be the first manufacturing site in the Asia Pacific region to introduce these technologies to market. (From media reports on January 15, 2019)

Continental announced that the new plant in Qingdao invested by the technology company Continental has been relocated to the Qingdao Sino-German Ecopark and now officially opened. With a total investment of approximately CNY 240 million and an area of approximately 84,000 square meters, the new plant in Qingdao provides high quality hose products and mobile fluid system solutions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The new plant in Qingdao has introduced technologies including advanced air conditioning hoses using new refrigerant HFO-1234yf, lightweight cooling water hoses suitable for electric vehicles and GPF hoses meeting the National IV standards, bringing professional mobile fluid solutions to new energy vehicle manufacturers. (From a press release on October 18, 2018)

On August 8, 2018, Continental completed the third-phase expansion of the plant that produces hydraulic brake system in Changshu and launched its operation. The new plant is going to produce primarily motor gear units. The investment in the expansion project was EUR 70 million, and the floor space of the entire plant now exceeds 42,000 square meters. Motor gear units are essential components for safe operation of electric parking brake systems. Braking technologies such as electronic parking brake systems are the foundation of advanced driver assist systems. (From a press release on August 8, 2018)

On April 13, 2018, Continental Group held a ceremony to commemorate the start of construction of a new plant in Wuhu, Auhui. The new plant will be built on a site of 80,000 square meters in the Wuhu Economic Development Zone. It will produce sensors, actuators, fuel and exhaust gas postprocessing systems and other drivetrain components. The company plans to invest EUR 28 million in the site acquisition and the plant construction. The first phase construction will take place on a site of 20,000 square meters and make a building of 8,000 square meters. The completion of construction and the operational launch is scheduled in the third quarter of 2019. (From some releases on April 16, 2018)

Continental Group and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co., Ltd. announced the opening of a new joint chassis and safety research and development center on April 2, 2017. The two companies also signed an alliance agreement in active/passive safety solution areas. They are to set up a joint development team. (From some releases on April 3, 2018)

On March 7, 2018, Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology Co., Ltd. announced a plan to make an additional shared investment of Chinese yuan (CNY) 52 million in its joint subsidiary, China Aviation Lithium Battery Research Institute Co., Ltd., with its partner. The company is going to invest CNY 18.2 million, still holding a 35% stake in the joint subsidiary, which will then use the CNY 52 million to set up a joint company with Continental Automotive Holding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Continental AG from Germany. The new joint venture with Continental will develop, manufacture and sell low-voltage batteries. Its registered capital will be CNY 130 million. Continental is going to have a 60% stake in the new company while China Aviation Lithium Battery Research Institute will hold a 40% stake. (From a corporate announcement on March 7, 2018)

Continental and Chinese automotive supplier and battery manufacturer CITC (Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology) announces a joint venture for the development and production of 48-volt battery systems for the automotive industry. The joint venture, in which Continental holds 60 percent and CITC 40 percent of the shares, will operate globally and supply customers in Europe and North America, as well as China and other Asian markets. The planned location of the company’s headquarters is Changzhou, near Shanghai, with operations expected to begin mid-2018. The new joint venture will develop and produce a battery platform for all conventional 48-volt topologies (P0, P2, Px) up to 25kW. The battery cells will be provided by CITC"s subsidiary CALB, while Continental’s contribution comes in the form of the battery management system. (From a press release on March 7, 2018)

Continental Automotive Jinan Co., Ltd. said on December 6, 2017, the company celebrated the production of the 2 millionth unit of instrument cluster for commercial vehicles. It took five years, from 2010 to 2015, for the plant in Jinan to produce a total of 1 million instrument clusters. However, in only two years, it produced additional 1 million to renew the record. The Jinan plant is the sole producer in China to supply in-vehicle electronics and comprehensive system solutions for the non-commercial vehicle market. Its main products are car body controllers, instrument clusters, sensors, in-vehicle network systems, and components for autonomous driving assistant systems. The 2 millionth instrument cluster that marked the milestone was an instrument cluster equipped with a TFT liquid crystal display for a commercial vehicle of Isuzu platform. (From some releases on December 8, 2017)

On November 20, 2017, Continental Automotive said that the company had completed the construction of its first RAAX turbocharger production lines outside Europe in Jiading District, Shanghai. The RAAX turbocharger is developed by Continental. Its production began in Europe in 2016 and is now adopted by Volkswagen AG for the EA888 Gen 3B engine platform of the Audi A3. The VW Teramont with a 2.0-liter turbo gasoline engine is going to be the first model to have this turbocharger in China. Then it will be followed by other models with engines with greater displacement such as the VW Tiguan. The new Continental plant in Jiading District, Shanghai, has a workforce of 1,600 employees and many production lines including those for anti-lock braking system (ABS) systems. The turbocharger production facility is built currently on a site of 2,000 square meters, but the company intends to expand the site next year. The investment in the new facility has already reached several tens of millions of Euros. The company is also planning to complete the construction of a new plant in Mexico next year. Therefore in next year, the company is going to have a capacity to cover three major automotive markets, namely Europe, China and North America. (From some releases on November 23, 2017)

Continental Group said on October 26, 2017, that Continental Automotive Body Electronics System (Wuhu) Co., Ltd. completed its plant expansion work in Wuhu and launched its operation. The company spent Chinese yuan (CNY) 60 million in total to enlarge the plant by 4,500 square meters and the office by 700 square meters for example, or 7,200 square meters in total. By 2019, the company intends to add 13 production lines for attaching surface materials to instrumental panels and man-machine interface units to support the production of instrumental clusters, head-up displays, display solutions, control panels and full-size liquid crystal display meters. The plant in Longshan, Wuhu, launched its operation in 2014. It"s built on a site of 120,000 square meters located in the Economic and Technical Development Zone in Wuhu. It currently has 72 customers in 20 regions in China and 9 overseas customers in 8 countries. It has a workforce of 1,650. (From a press release on October 27, 2017)

Continental Group said on October 19, 2017, that the company established a new joint company, Unicom Continental Intelligent Transportation Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., with China Unicom Network Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Unicom. The new company has a registered capital of Chinese yuan (CNY) 40 million and is owned 50% by Continental and 50% by China Unicom Network Technology. It plans to develop a new world-leading intelligent transportation system (ITS) platform and provide mobility services in China. Continental and China Unicom have reached a partnership agreement in as early as 2011. The two companies signed a strategic alliance contract in April 2017 to support the joint establishment of the mobility service company. (From some releases on October 20, 2017)

On June 8, 2017, Continental Automotive held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new research and development center in Chongqing, China. The lab will focus on the application of automotive electronics products and development of products and solutions for new energy vehicles and in the industrial fields. It will also have the capacity to design electronics and machinery, develop system requirements and software, and test or measure those systems and products. The total investment is Chinese yuan (CNY) 280 million. The first phase construction will take place on a site of 15,000 square meters. The lab will start operating at the end of 2018. It will hire 400 engineers by 2020 and has a plan to increase this number to 1,000 by 2025. (From a press release on June 9, 2017)

Continental has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Baidu, one of the biggest Internet companies in China, with the goal of establishing a comprehensive strategic cooperation in the areas of automated driving, connected vehicles and intelligent mobility services. Under the agreement, Continental and Baidu will explore collaboration fields such as sensor systems and software for advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving, applications for Baidu’s Apollo platform including artificial intelligence, cyber security and connected cars, as well as road test, data collection and analysis for automated driving. (From a press release on May 31, 2017)

Continental has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with NIO, a global electric vehicle startup. The two companies will collaborate closely in the field of fully electric vehicles and other relevant fields, including intelligent transportation systems and automated driving, striving to build a stable partnership on a long-term basis. Under the agreement, Continental and NIO will further collaborate on NIO new car platforms. In a first step, Continental will supply vehicle technology such as air suspension systems and tires to NIO’s ES8 electric SUV. (From a press release on May 31, 2017)

Continental Group began producing 12-volt dual battery management solution (DBM) for micro hybrid vehicles of A, B and C segments in March 2017 in Tianjin. Micro hybrid cars with DBM solutions and lithium batteries have a fuel efficiency of 4% better than conventional micro hybrid vehicles, in WLTC (Worldwide Harmonized Light Duty Driving Test Cycle) mode and with start-stop function. (From some releases on May 26, 2017)

Continental will start supplying Great Wall Motor with sensor control units, transmission control units, applied software and advanced system solutions for Great Wall Motor’s 7-speed double clutch transmissions (DCT). This transmission is the first 7-speed DCT developed in China for the first time, by Great Wall Motor. Currently, it’s mounted on models sold under the WEY brand, which is the luxury brand of Great Wall Motors. (From a press release on May 23, 2017)

Huayu Continental Brake Systems (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., a joint venture established by Continental Automotive and Huayu Automotive Systems Company Limited on an equal basis, officially began its operation on May 18, 2017. The joint company was built on a site of more than 80,000 square meters in the Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area Yufu Industrial Zone with a capital investment exceeding Chinese yuan (CNY) 6 million. It produces parts and components for automotive brakes, such as brake calipers, vacuum boosters, and electrically-powered parking brakes. (From some releases on May 18, 2017)

On May 8, 2017, Continental Tires (China) Co., Ltd. announced that General Tire, which operates under the Continental Group, will enter the Chinese market. General Tire will release six products from its Grabber and the Altimax series that are suitable for SUVs and sedans. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on May 9, 2017)

Continental Tires completed the third phase of its plant expansion project in Hefei, China and began new operations on March 28, 2017. With a total investment of around EUR 250 million, the expansion will boost the plant’s annual production capacity to 14 million units by 2019 from the current 8 million units. Continental Tires Hefei Plant officially opened in 2011 with a total land area of 340,000 square meters. The plant mainly produces replacement and original equipment passenger car tires for the mid- to high-end Chinese market. (From a press release on March 28, 2017)

Continental has developed a 7-inch color TFT cluster for the SAIC Roewe RX5. The cluster has been used on the new model since September 2016. Developed locally by Continental Automotive Body Electronics System (Wuhu) Co., Ltd., the cluster is the first large instrument panel developed locally by Continental. It is equipped with a full-color LCD with a high resolution (800x480) level and high contrast ratios. The cluster is well connected to the infotainment displays and realizes interactions between three displays (smartphone, infotainment system and cluster) through the intelligent connected system developed by the SAIC Group and Alibaba. In addition, the cluster employs holistic Human Machine Interface design in which the physical gauges and the LCD are united smoothly by the virtual gauge concept, providing the driver with brand new technology experiences. (From a press release on January 11, 2017)

On August 8, 2016, the Continental Group"s new office that had been established in Shangpu Center, Yangpu District, Shanghai was inaugurated. The new office is a four-story building that covers approximately 8,000 square meters. The building includes meeting rooms and testing laboratories to accommodate approximately 730 employees in total. The company"s Tire Division has already moved to the new building. This will be followed by the relocation of the Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Components Division under the Powertrain business in the third quarter of 2016, and that of the Intelligent Traffic System Division under the Body and Electronic business in the fourth quarter. Continental"s China headquarters on Dalian Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai will remain to serve as the main office for the China operations. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on August 9, 2016)

Continental has developed a 4.2-inch TFT cluster for the Borgward BX7 through a corporation with Borgward. The cluster offers a high resolution (QVGA 480x727) level and high contrast ratios in a super-wide angle of view. In addition, the instrument cluster is connected with audio/video entertainment modules and realizes human machine interaction in a more convenient way. (From a press release on August 4, 2016)

ContiTech AG announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding on a new plant in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, mainly for automotive hoses. The company plans to invest more than EUR 20 million (approximately RMB 200 million) for the first step and to set up a greenfield with an initial floor space of approximately 15,000 square meters. In the next few years existing production of heating and cooling hose lines will be moved to the new location, which is located only a few kilometers away from the current site, and has a projected annual output of about 15 million low pressure pipes in its first full-capacity phase. Depending on market development the company intends to further expand the new plant in a timeframe of five years and is expected to be completed by 2020. Currently, ContiTech produces and sells rubber hoses and hose assemblies for the automotive industry, with more than 500 employees in downtown Qingdao, mainly for domestic car manufacturers in China and in the Asian Pacific region. (From a press release on July 19, 2016)

Continental AG announced that its test center Yancheng in Jiangsu Province, China has officially opened. In cooperation with China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC), the test center Yancheng will mainly support the testing and validation of Continental safety products and systems, such as electronic and hydraulic brake systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and tires. The test center Yancheng occupies 2,500 square meters in phase one. (From a press release on July 11, 2016)

Continental Group announced that it will establish an R&D center in Chongqing, China to develop new products and solutions in the areas of in-vehicle electronics, new energy vehicles, and industrial products. The center will begin operating at the beginning of 2018, and is expected to employ 400 engineers by 2020. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on June 30, 2016)

Benecke-Kaliko, part of ContiTech AG, has officially opened a new plant in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China to manufacture its automotive interior materials Acella Eco and Acella Eco green. Series production has been running since the end of 2015 with an approximately 100 workforce; 50 more jobs are to be added over the next few months. The company has invested EUR 40 million in the first phase of the expansion. The new plant operated by Benecke Changshun Eco Trim (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. will produce around 10 million square meters of the surface material Acella Eco annually. It is mainly used for vehicle seats and arm rests. The new plant has doubled the company’s capacity for Acella in China. A second expansion phase for the new facility is planned if demand continues to rise. (From a press release on March 10, 2016)

Huayu Continental Brake Systems (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., a new joint venture between Huayu Automotive Systems Company Limited and Continental Automotive Holding Co., Ltd., broke ground for its 84,000-square-meter-facility in the Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area. The first phase of the construction project will include a plant with a floor area of approximately 25,000 square meters. This plant is expected to be completed and begin operating in February 2017. The second phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in 2022 and will increase the plant"s annual production volume to CNY 2 billion. The joint venture will produce and assemble brake systems for automakers such as Changan Ford and Great Wall Motor. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on February 24, 2016)

Continental Group (China) and China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC) announced that they have signed an agreement to closely collaborate in areas including automotive security, environmental protection, and energy saving. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on January 12, 2016)

Continental Group (China) announced that its Wuhu Plant began mass-producing its air-assisted SCR urea injection system on August 6, 2015. Production is performed on a newly constructed production line that is capable of producing over 100,000 units of these products per year. The company’s SCR urea injection system achieves an average particle size of approximately 30 microns. The system can integrate the functions of engine control systems, engine condition detection systems, injection volume measurement systems, heat control systems, and failure diagnosis systems. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on August 17, 2015)

Continental announced that its Tianjin Plant began producing plastic mechatronic control units for automotive transmissions. The control units are high-precision metal-plastic composites integrated with an electronic system. The technology helps reduce product weight and size and maintain high quality. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on July 20, 2015)

Continental announced that it will mass-produce its 3.5-inch color liquid crystal instrument panels for Geely Automobile’s Borui. These instrument panels were designed based on the MCU platform concept. They will be produced by Continental Automotive Wuhu Co., Ltd., which developed these products locally for the first time. (From a press release on July 10, 2015)

HUAYU Automotive Systems Company Limited announced that the company and Continental of Germany will establish Huayu Continental Brake Systems Co., Ltd., a brake production joint venture, in the Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, China. The new plant will cover over 80,000 square meters, and will produce brake calipers, vacuum boosters, electric parking brakes, and other brake products. Investment in the first phase of the construction project is expected to reach CNY 600 million. The joint venture will hire over 600 people, and production operations are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2016. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on June 11, 2015)

Continental AG opened a new Research and Development Center for tires on the site of its tire plant in Hefei, Anhui Province, China at the end of March 2015. At the new Research and Development Center in Hefei, summer and winter tires for the APAC region will be developed and tested. The initial construction phase, on an area of around 6,000 square meters, has created capacity to machine-test some 6,000 tires a year and represents an investment volume of over EUR 4 million. Plans for a second phase are already being drawn up to generate capacity for an additional 1,000 tires to be tested. (From a press release on April 24, 2015)

Continental AG announced that ContiTech Division"s Benecke-Kaliko Group has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant in Changzhou, China. The plant will be operated by Benecke Changshun ECO Trim Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Benecke-Kaliko and Jiangsu Changshun Group Co., Ltd. The facility will produce Acella Eco, a low CO2 emissions and allergen-free material for automotive interior components. As the material meets tighter environmental restrictions on in-vehicle components, demand in the Chinese market is growing. The Changzhou facility will be Benecke-Kaliko"s second production base for the Acella Eco in China, following its existing plant in Changshun. Benecke-Kaliko will invest EUR 40 million in the first phase of the construction plan, which will be the company"s largest-ever investment project in China. The new plant will cover 24,000 square meters and is expected to hire 250 people. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on January 23, 2015)

Recently, ContiTech, a division of the Continental, opened its new plant in Sanmen, Zhejiang. ContiTech Power Transmission Group acquired the business of Taizhou Fuju Rubber Belt Manufacture Co., Ltd. in January this year and established ContiTech Power Transmission (Sanmen) Ltd. Covering 33000 square meters, the new plant in Sanmen is the second plant of the ContiTech Power Transmission Group set up in China. It mainly produces V-belts, V-ribbed belts and timing belts for the automotive OEM market, the automotive aftermarket and industry in general. (From a press release on December 30, 2014)

Recently, ContiTech Grand Ocean (Changchun) Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Continental in China, opened new plant in Hangzhou. The plant in Hangzhou is the fourth ContiTech Fluid Technology production site in China. It covered 2,000 square meters. It will produce underfloor air conditioning lines for Ford in series production from March 2015. (From a press release on November 30, 2014)

Continental AG announced the opening of its second plant in Wuhu -- Continental Automotive Interior (Wuhu) Co., Ltd., a new addition to its current manufacturing facility in Anhui Province, China. With an initial investment of EUR 33 million for land and building, the new plant will be fully operational in the first quarter of 2015. The new facility with a total land of 120,000 square meters and an initial floor space of 46,000 square meters will include production operations, R&D center, laboratory and warehousing, which will focus on the business of instrumentation and Driver HMI (Human Machine Interface). By end of 2015, around 1,500 employees will be working in the new plant including around 215 R&D engineers. And 42 production lines in total will be installed by end of 2015. (From a press release on November 17, 2014)

Continental AG announced that it has produced nearly 9 million units of transmission control units (TCU) in China. Continental"s Tianjin location operated by the Transmission Business Unit, which is part of the Powertrain Division, mainly produces T76 systems (for stepped automatic transmission) and DQ200 (for double clutch transmission). The plant delivers the parts to nearby factories run by two major international automakers. The EAST, a platform specially tailored for local manufacturers, is also produced here. Prompted by the steep rise in demand for TCUs in China, Continental will be setting up a new production line in Tianjin. This line, which is specially designed for the EAST platform, will be used mainly for Chinese manufacturers. And the next generation of transmission control is already in preparation. Slated to go into series production in 2018, the new generation will also make it possible to actuate an additional electrical oil pump, for example. (From a press release on May 21, 2014)

ContiTech AG is continuing the expansion of its drive belt business in China with the acquisition of the business of local manufacturer Taizhou Fuju Rubber Belt Manufacture Co., Ltd. The acquisition was closed in mid-January. To date, the Chinese company has predominantly manufactured drive belts for the automotive replacement business and for industry in general. In the future, ContiTech will make use of a 33,000-square meter production complex just completed at the start of the year. The plant is located in Sanmen in Zhejiang province. From spring 2014 on, ContiTech will be manufacturing mainly V-belts and V-ribbed belts for the automotive OEM market, the automotive aftermarket, and industry in general in Sanmen. (From a press release on January 23, 2014)

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. announced that it will establish a joint venture with Continental Automotive Holding Co., Ltd. in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Continental Automotive Holding is a Chinese subsidiary of German supplier Continental AG. A new joint venture, called temporarily Nisshinbo-Continental Precision Machining (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd., will manufacture and sell valve blocks, key component of electronic brake systems. It will be capitalized at CNY 200 million (JPY 3,200 million), of which 70.0 percent will be invested by Nisshinbo Holdings, and 30.0 percent will be provided by Continental Automotive Holding. A new company is planned to be established in December, 2013 and to commence its operation in January, 2015. (From a press release on November 6, 2013)

Continental AG announced the opening of additional 7,600 square meters of floor space in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China to increase capacity and to locally produce the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) with a total investment of EUR 36 million. Changshu plant will begin supplying Chinese and Japanese vehicle manufacturers with locally produced EPB from 2014. With this expansion the workforce of Changshu plant will reach 2,250 employees, and annual production volume will increase by around 30 percent. Opened in 2008, Continental"s Chassis & Safety plant in Changshu produces hydraulic brake systems, in particular front and rear calipers, drum brakes and brake actuation products, which are supplied to eleven OEMs in Asia, including around 45 percent export to Japan and Korea. (From a press release on September 3, 2013)