Continental holds ribbon cutting ceremony at ContiLifeCycle Plant

Continental has held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its ContiLifeCycle Plant in Hannover-Stöcken. The plant, which is a world’s first, integrates a cutting-edge facility for retreading bus and truck tyres with a proprietary industry-scale rubber recycling unit.

The technology developed by Continental was recognised as an environmental innovation by the German Federal Ministry of Environment.

By producing retreaded tyres with product characteristics that are on par with new tyres, Continental has taken a strategic step and heralds a new era for its LifeCycle business. “When we started this project, our aim was to bring our LifeCycle solution closer to new tire production. Within a timeframe of less than 18 months, we planned and built a plant that not only catered to necessities, but pushed the boundaries of what is possible. We have put all of our knowledge from tire engineering and manufacturing into the ContiLifeCycle Plant and thus reached a new level in terms of product performance and characteristics,” remarks Nikolai Setzer, Member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of Tire Division. These out-standing characteristics were achieved by implementing production techniques from Continental’s new tire production as well as refining existing retreading technology.