ContiTech marks 111 years of rubber

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG is marking 111 years of rubber drive belt manufacture at its ContiTech subsidiary

“From the very beginning we have had a major hand in the evolution of drive belts to complex high-tech products,” recaps Konrad Müller, general manager of the ContiTech Power Transmission Group.

In 1899 Continental AG, the holding company of ContiTech, registered its trademark - for drive belts, among other things. Production got off the ground with belts for industrial applications. Soon thereafter the company offered the first motorcycle V-belts,

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Press release from ContiTech