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Continental financial results – tyre group drives earnings, despite softening replacement sales

Continental’s half-year report shows that its Tires group sector is driving earnings, with 88 per cent of adjusted EBIT from tyre sales. “Despite difficult market conditions, our Tires group sector ended the second quarter with good earnings once again. ContiTech’s performance remained solid. Earnings in Automotive, however, fell short of expectations. Here we will need to make up considerable ground in the second half of the year. By doing so, we will also improve our consolidated margin,” commented Continental CEO Nikolai Setzer.

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Continental may get as little as £70 million for Russian business

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When Continental first discussed setting up a plant in Russia back in 2011, it spoke of an investment of around 220 million euros. According to sources within Russia, the German company may only recover a fraction of this amount when divesting its local operation to S8 Capital. Moscow-based newspaper Kommersant states that the transaction is valued at 7 to 10 billion roubles, or just 80 million to 114 million euros, a figure in line with the “impaired assets of around 87 million euros” that Continental reported in connection with its business activity in Russia on 8 March 2023.

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Continental extends & appoints

At its meeting yesterday, the Continental AG Supervisory Board extended the appointment of Nikolai Setzer, the company’s chief executive officer and Executive Board chairman. It also appointed Philipp von Hirschheydt as a new Executive Board member for the Continental Automotive group sector, effective 1 May 2023.

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‘Integrity & Law’ function added to Continental Executive Board

Continental AG is consolidating responsibility for law, compliance and risk management under one Executive Board function. This ‘Integrity and Law’ function will be headed by Olaf Schick, who on 1 July 2023 joins the Executive Board for a three-year period, expanding the board to six members.

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Unsatisfied but optimistic: Continental announces Q2 2022 financial results

After an April to June period punctuated by negative EBIT and a net loss, tyre maker and automotive components supplier Continental says it is “looking ahead to the second half of the year with optimism.” It is also maintaining its full-year outlook despite a current headwind that chief financial officer Katja Dürrfeld describes as being “rather like a hurricane.”

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Continental: Lower income despite strong tyre business in Q1 2022

Announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2022, tyre maker and automotive technology firm Continental states that it “performed well” during the period despite “an increasingly turbulent market environment.” It describes its Q1 2022 tyre business as “strong.”

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A “good result” – Continental returns to the black in 2021

Although chief executive officer Nikolai Setzer believes the past financial year was “a very trying one” for Continental and a period presenting “many challenges,” the tyre maker and automotive solutions company nonetheless managed to achieve a positive net income in 2021 after two consecutive years of losses.

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Continental appoints Katja Dürrfeld chief financial officer

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Continental has appointed Katja Dürrfeld (49) as its new chief financial officer, effective from 14 December 2021. Dürrfeld assumes responsibility for group finance and controlling as well as group information technology immediately, taking over from interim CFO Nikolai Setzer. Setzer had added the role to his existing duties following the departure of Wolfgang Schäfer on 17 November, while Dürrfeld had held the provisional management of these areas below the executive board level. Currently head of Finance, Controlling and Information Technology for the ContiTech business area, she will also take charge of finance and controlling in the future automotive group sector from 1 January, 2022, as was previously announced at the end of September. The supervisory board has also extended the appointment of Dr Ariane Reinhart (52) as executive board member for human relations and sustainability and director of labour relations.

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Dieselgate probe: Continental ends relationship with CFO Schäfer

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During an extraordinary meeting held yesterday, the Continental AG Supervisory Board agreed to mutually terminate Wolfgang Schäfer’s appointment as chief financial officer and member of the company’s Executive Board, effective immediately. Continental states that Schäfer’s departure from the company is linked to investigations by the public prosecutor’s office in Hannover, Germany, into the use of illegal defeat devices in diesel engines and shortcomings from Continental’s side in the ongoing investigations.

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Continental: Components supply issues hit Q3 2021 sales & earnings

Anniversary year ups and downs: As it marks one and a half centuries in the business, Continental reports that it has “set the strategic course for the next successful chapter in its history by making its previously announced structural adjustments” during Q3 2021. But the delivery situation for electronic components also worsened during the quarter, and Continental says this “had a significant impact on sales and earnings” that could only be partially offset by sales volumes within its aftermarket tyre and industrial product businesses.

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Continental turns 150

Happy birthday, Continental. The German tyre maker and technology company is 150 years old today, making it one of the oldest companies both in Germany and within the automotive business. One and a half centuries after starting out as a maker of rubber products for horse-drawn vehicles, the firm still specialises in the latest modes of transport and is positioning itself to meet future challenges.

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Continental to streamline board as members to leave early

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Continental has initiated a restructure of its management following a meeting of its Supervisory Board on Thursday. Board members Helmut Matschi and Frank Jourdan will leave the company prematurely. Matschi (58) and Jourdan (61) were originally to stay in position until 2024. As of January 1, 2022, the company will retain only five board members. The group will also integrate its activities into three corporate divisions: Automotive, Tires and ContiTech.

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Tyre business drives Continental’s profits

Continental AG presented figures for a strong first half of the year, and while its overall sales rose by 22 per cent to 20.2 billion euros, those of its Tire division increased 28.1 per cent. Furthermore, this division was the company’s profit-maker, delivering almost 63 per cent of its EBIT despite accounting for just 42 per cent of sales.

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Continental creating ‘Autonomous Mobility’ business area

During its meeting yesterday, the Continental AG Supervisory Board agreed upon an “important phase” in the company’s transition from tyre maker to mobility supplier. From 1 January 2022, Continental will elevate its business with systems for advanced driver assistance and automated driving into its own business area within its Automotive Technologies group sector.

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Nikolai Setzer takes over as Continental CEO

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Continental AG has appointed Nikolai Setzer (49) as its new executive board chairman until March 2024, effective 1 December 2020. He succeeds Dr. Elmar Degenhart (61), who is stepping down for health reasons, effective 30 November 2020. Setzer is widely seen as a safe pair of hands for the company who has been prepared for the position for years.

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