Continental expands technology manufacturing in Timisoara

By OEM Update Editorial November 17, 2022 3:29 pm IST

Continental one of the largest technology company offering safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles.

Continental one of the largest technology company offering safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles is expanding its Romanian site in Timisoara into a new dimension. The expansion of the plant is the third since its opening in 2006. After a construction time of less than a year the expanded mega factory was opened in November and will produce e.g. innovative User Experience solutions such as displays at the enlarged site.

With an investment of around €40 million, the production area will grow by over 7,000 to 18,000 square meters, which means an increase of more than 60 percent of the space. However, establishing a mega factory not only marks an increase in area, but above all focuses on the technological innovation of production. The term “mega” refers to the extent of the production technologies being used and the size of the production area and products themselves. Continental has recently won additional major orders worth more than €2 billion from global vehicle manufacturers for its large display solutions. This brings the awarded lifetime sales for company’s display solutions with SOP after 2022 to over €7 billion.

With the expansion, the company is bundling production capacities and competencies at a selected central location just as the occupants’ interaction with the vehicle merges from various small and decentral screens into large integrated display solutions spanning from pillar to pillar. With this mega factory strategy the technology company continues to drive forward the paradigm shift in production of automotive user experience technologies and creates great advantages, both economically and technologically. Especially the extremely complex manufacturing of large display solutions such as C-Shape, L-Shape or Pillar-to-Pillar Displays requires bundled production volumes to increase in quality and speed.

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