Continental is ISO 14001 certified

Timisoara-based Continental Automotive Products at the end of last week received the ISO 14001 certification from TUV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg, attesting that its environmental policy is compliant with the European requirements in effect.

The factory in Timisoara is currently evaluated for EMAS (Europe’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) certification, so that it could become the first Romanian company in the EU’s environment protection register in Brussels.

According to company representatives, the factory in Timisoara, deemed as the most modern large-scale tyre maker in Europe, will benefit from 100 million euros in investments by the end of 2002. The money will be directed to productive capacities development, so that the factory could reach yearly output of 8 million car tyres, after having been geared with state-of-the-art technology.

The officials at Continental Automotive Products estimate the company to have about 750 highly skilled employees from the current 400 by the end of 2001.

The Timisoara-based factory is the 20th tyre-making unit of the Continental AG Concern, the 8th largest supplier of systems for the automotive industry, with sales in excess of 10bn euros in 2000.