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Continental AG

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    BMW
    BMW shares slide after warning on faulty brakes and weak China demand

    German carmaker sets aside ‘high three-digit million amount’ for expected warranty payments

    BMW cars are displayed at a booth during the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China.
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Lex
    Continental’s split could spark a European auto roll-up Premium content

    Europe’s automotive supply chain will need consolidation

    An employee checks a cylinder component for a brake system on the production line at a Continental factory
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Continental cuts sales forecast as European vehicle production slows

    Leading car parts supplier this week announced it was considering spinning off its automotive division

    An employee at Continental’s factory in Hanover, Germany
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Continental considers floating its core automotive business

    German group says it could list car parts division in late 2025 pending ‘detailed review’

    An employee checks a cylinder component for a brake system at Continental’s factory in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Monday, 13 November, 2023
    German car parts supplier Continental to cut thousands of jobs

    Group aims to save €400mn as it battles to remain competitive in electric vehicle era

    The Continental plant in Frankfurt
  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Continental parts company with finance chief amid ‘Dieselgate’ probe

    Schäfer’s departure linked to investigation by public prosecutors into manipulation of engines installed in VW cars

    Wolfgang Schäfer stands in front of Continental sign
  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    Automobiles
    Continental says poor forecasting partly to blame for carmaker chip shortage

    Current supply crisis has forced groups from Volkswagen to General Motors to cut production

  • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
    Continental shares fall as group warns on chip shortage

    Additional costs from semiconductor shortage as group sees sales rebound this year

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    Car manufacturing hit by global semiconductor shortage

    Volkswagen, Daimler, GM and Renault vie with consumer electronics groups for scarce chips

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Continental rules out deeper job cuts over electric car shake-up

    New chief of auto parts maker says no more than 30,000 roles at risk even if EU tightens emissions targets

    Continental chief Nikolai Setzer believes the company will emerge as a ‘winner’ in the shift to battery-powered cars
  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Continental warns of price to livelihoods in electric car transition

    Leading parts supplier decries speed of change while putting 30,000 jobs at risk

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Continental warns another 10,000 jobs at risk

    Unions accuse car parts supplier of using coronavirus crisis to justify cuts

    Continental has already axed 3,000 roles as part of its 10-year plan
  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Germany’s Continental was ‘pillar’ of Nazi war effort, study finds

    Report commissioned by car parts maker finds forced labourers were exploited to the point of death

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    Daimler AG
    Daimler suffers setback over Nokia patent dispute

    Carmaker must buy operating licences to use 4G technology in its vehicles, rules German court

    The Mercedes-Benz owner said it did not expect any stoppage of production or sales of its vehicles and would file an appeal against the court’s decision
  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Continental’s premises searched in diesel scandal probe

    Hanover headquarters searched in connection with device used by VW in one of its engines

  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
    Brooke Masters
    Supply chains need some love during the coronavirus pandemic

    Companies should pull out the stops to support critical suppliers now and prepare to resume production

    web_supply chains after Coronavirus
  • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
    European companies
    German companies in the dock over dividend plans

    VW, BMW, Daimler, Continental and Adidas criticised for considering payouts while relying on state funds

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
    Continental auto profit margins fall to zero

    German supplier scraps outlook and warns smaller contractors could go out of business

  • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
    Continental warns of miserable year for car industry

    German parts supplier predicts auto sales to fall for third year in a row as coronavirus hits

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by LUKAS BARTH-TUTTAS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10569698y) A employee poses with a 5G antenna in a special measuring room at Continental plant in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, 28 February 2020. Continental's largest electronics plant in Regensburg is an important development location, where the technology company develops electronic systems for connected, assisted and automated driving. These include intelligent antenna modules with integrated 5G technology for high-speed data communication in future vehicle models. The location is one of more than 300 Continental locations worldwide. Continental production in Regensburg, Germany - 28 Feb 2020
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Automobiles
    Global car slowdown hits German industrial groups

    Infineon, Continental and Osram suffer as falling auto production depresses earnings

    Robotic arms manufactured by Kuka AG scan the body of a fully assembled a Volkswagen AG (VW) ID.3 electric automobile during quality checks at the automaker's factory in Zwickau, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Angela Merkel’s visit to a revamped VW electric-car plant in Zwickau on Monday is a stark reminder of what's at stake both for the German chancellor and VW boss Herbert Diess. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    News in-depthAutomobiles
    Crisis looms for Europe’s car parts suppliers

    Michelin and Continental hit by waves of cheap China imports and global slowdown

    An employee throws tires in a fire during a protest past the Michelin factory after the announcement of the closure of the site, two weeks ago, on October 24, 2019, in La Roche sur Yon. (Photo by Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    Continental to take €2.5bn hit as auto slowdown bites

    German car parts maker says restructuring programme will lead to further costs of €100m

    (FILES) This file photo taken on November 30, 2018 shows a rim with a tyre of automotive manufacturing company Continental on display at the 'Essen Motor Show' fair in Essen, western Germany. - Massive German car components maker Continental said Tuesday, October 22, 2019 it will make a loss in the third quarter and the full year 2019, as its assets lost value amid a car industry slowdown. (Photo by Patrik STOLLARZ / AFP) (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    Continental chief warns of ‘emerging crisis’ in car industry

    Auto parts supplier says 20,000 jobs at risk over next decade as it unveils restructuring plan

    FILE PHOTO: The logo of Continental AG, a German automotive manufacturing company specialized in tyres, brakes and car safety products is pictured on a rim at the company's stand during the Hannover Fair in Hanover, Germany, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    Continental to make big switch to electric vehicles

    German car parts group to invest in cleaner transport market amid fall in combustion engine sales

    FILE PHOTO: An employee of German car parts maker Continental assembles a power electronics component at the factory of the company's Powertrain unit in Nuremberg, Germany, March 1, 2019. Picture taken March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Continental cuts 2019 forecast, blames auto sector production
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