Continental Holds Machine Installation Ceremony at New Rayong Plant

Continental recently installed its first machine at the new Greenfield tire plant located at Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate 4 (HESIE 4) in Rayong, located in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). With over 140 years of tire-manufacturing experience, the Germany-based company expects to start production at this world-class energy-efficient site in 2019, with a targeted annual capacity of four million tires during the first phase.

Shown in photo:

Mr. Nikolai Setzer (3^rd right), Member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of Tire Division,  Mr. Bernhard Trilken (2^nd left), Senior Vice President Manufacturing Passenger and Light Truck Tires & Global Tire Logistics, and Mr. Vignesh Devasenapathy (3^rd left), Project Manager PLT Greenfield Rayong, with Mr. David Nardone (center), Group Executive Industrial and International, Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (2^nd right), Chief Operating Officer Industrial and International, Ms. Ladda Rojanavilaivudh (right), Vice President - Industrial Land Customer Development, Hemaraj Land And Development and Ms. Siyaphas Chantachairoj (left), Director - Corporate Marketing, WHA Corporation. Around 180 guests attended the machine installation ceremony at Continental’s new Greenfield Tire Plant at HESIE 4 in Rayong.