The Continental Group’s Kaluga plant produced winter and summer tires for cars and commercial vehicles. Products came off the assembly line under three brands: Continental itself, as well as Gislaved and Matador. Tires were sent to Russian car factories, among other things.

On March 9, the production site went off the air for the first time. True, even then, the factory’s management noted that the shutdown was temporary. And on April 20, the conveyor really began to “replenish the stocks of finished products and meet the current demand in the primary and secondary markets.”

But then there was another pause: as reported, the reason for the pause was “a difficult logistical situation, unavailability of raw materials and other objective factors influencing the production cycle.” But now, as the governor of the Kaluga region points out, all the problems that interfered with the rhythmic work have been resolved.

– The Continental Kaluga factory will resume work on August 1! We were able to rebuild supply chains and find new suppliers,” the TASS agency is quoted as saying by Vladimir Shapsha, governor of the Kaluga region.

We add that the competitor of the Continental brand, Michelin, acted very differently and officially announced its withdrawal from Russia. It was decided to “turn off” the exit by transferring all of Michelin’s Russian manufacturing and commercial assets to “local management”.

The Continental Group’s Kaluga plant produced winter and summer tires for cars and commercial vehicles. Products came off the assembly line under three brands: Continental itself, as well as Gislaved and Matador. Tires were sent to Russian car factories, among other things.

On March 9, the production site went off the air for the first time. True, even then, the factory’s management noted that the shutdown was temporary. And on April 20, the conveyor really began to “replenish the stocks of finished products and meet the current demand in the primary and secondary markets.”

But then there was another pause: as reported, the reason for the pause was “a difficult logistical situation, unavailability of raw materials and other objective factors influencing the production cycle.” But now, as the governor of the Kaluga region points out, all the problems that interfered with the rhythmic work have been resolved.

– The Continental Kaluga factory will resume work on August 1! We were able to rebuild supply chains and find new suppliers,” the TASS agency is quoted as saying by Vladimir Shapsha, governor of the Kaluga region.

We add that the competitor of the Continental brand, Michelin, acted very differently and officially announced its withdrawal from Russia. It was decided to “turn off” the exit by transferring all of Michelin’s Russian manufacturing and commercial assets to “local management”.