Press Release
Continental delivers technology for more safety,
comfort and entertainment in the new Dacia Sandero
Five divisions of the corporation equip the new Dacia Sandero with tires, electronic
control units, sensor systems, piping and infotainment
Bucharest /Timişoara / Sibiu, August 5, 2008. Continental AG is one of the partners of
Automobile Dacia Pitesti also for the production of the new model Dacia Sandero. Five of the
six divisions of the corporation deliver Continental technology: tires, electronic control units,
sensor systems, piping and infotainment, contributing to the safety and the comfort in the
new model.
“We are there, where our customers are. For Continental, Romania is a strategic location for
supplying the Eastern European automotive market. We are glad to extend our collaboration
with Dacia from the Logan model, to the new Dacia Sandero model”, mentions Martin
Zaloudek – Market Manager Tires for Continental in Romania.
“The new Dacia Sandero model wants to meet the requirements of also more demanding
customer, who do not only want a transportation mean from A to B, but rather an <all in
one>offer: comfort, safety, entertainment, but with low consumption and costs”, says Mr.
Liviu Ion – Communication Director of Automobile Dacia.
“Our engineers are constantly working on developing electronic high-tech solutions, to
increase the safety and pleasure of driving” highlights Christian Rüdiger, General Manager of
the Automotive Production and R&D center in Timişoara. As far as the automotive business
field is concerned, Continental through the division for Chassis & Safety delivers brake
boosters and airbag control units, produced in the Sibiu plant. The division Powertrain,
equips the new model with injectors (for 1.6L 16v gasoline engine vehicles), engine control
units (on the 1.6L 16v, 1.6L 8v, 1.0L 16v gasoline engine vehicles), transmission control unit
for automatic gearbox (on the 1.6L 16v gasoline engine), ETC – electronic throttle control (on
the 1.6L 16V engine), camshaft sensor and mass airflow sensor (on the 1.5d Ci diesel
engine). The division Interior produces the BMC – the body control unit, and also the audio
system for the South-American market, which should add to the pleasure of driving the new
Your contact person:
Ildiko Kovacs, Phone: +49 511 938-1622
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The ContiTech division contributes with membranes for the regulation of fuel distribution and
the power steering pipelines, the last from the production plant in Timişoara.
Every second Dacia Sandero leaves the production line with Continental tires - the majority
with ContiEcoContact 3 tires, size 185/65 R15 88T - produced in Timisoara. Dacia was in
2005 the first partner for original equipment of the Continental tires plant in Timisoara, which
also collaborates with customers like: Fiat, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Suzuki,
Toyota or VW. “Tires of the last technological generation have an important contribution to
traffic safety. For us, the safety of our customers is of highest priority, a core criterion in
conducting our activity and an important part of Continental’s vision”, declares Thierry Wipff,
General Manager of the tires plant Continental AG from Timisoara.
The Continental Corporation is present in Romania since 1998 and invested already more
than 350 million euros. The corporation is represented by five of it’s six divisions in the
country and is one of the most attractive employers, offering over 6,200 jobs in the locations:
Timişoara, Sibiu, Carei, Arad and Iasi.
With targeted annual sales of more than €26.4 billion for 2008, the Continental Corporation is one of
the top automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of tires, brake systems, systems and
components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle
electronics and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and
protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile
communication. Today, the corporation employs approximately 150,000 people at nearly 200 locations
in 36 countries.
For additional information:
Ildiko Kovacs
Press Relations Coordinator Romania
Continental AG
Vahrenwalder Strasse 9
D-30165 Hanover
Phone: +49 511 938-1622
Fax: +49 511 938-1701
E-Mail: ildiko.kovacs@conti.de
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