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Continental Holds Machine Installation Ceremony at New Rayong Plant

29/03/2018

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 (3rd right), Member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of Tire Division,  Mr. Bernhard Trilken (2nd left), Senior Vice President Manufacturing Passenger and Light Truck Tires & Global Tire Logistics, and Mr. Vignesh Devasenapathy (3rd left), Project Manager PLT Greenfield Rayong, with Mr. David Nardone (center), Group Executive Industrial and International, Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (2nd 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.