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Continental - Agriculture History

Continental - Agriculture History

History of Agricultural Tires

History

The Beginning
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T2
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T2

Continental manufactures Europe’s first pneumatic agricultural tire.

Further development
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T3
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T3

The T2 is Continental’s first new development.


The T-series sets trends
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T4
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T4

Decades of innovation in the form of the T series follow.

Continental as premium brand
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Continental expands its portfolio and establishes on the market.

A new tire "Farmer" is launched
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The Farmer AS impresses with increased traction of 20 percent.

Increased Versatility
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Continental agricultural tires become even more versatile and perform well on a variety of soils.

Internationalization

Continental increases its presence on markets outside Germany.

A Change of Strategy

Continental shifts its focus to the automobile industry. The agriculture segment is sold to Mitas/CGS.

Mitas brand license
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T2
Ackerschlepper-Reifen T2

Mitas / CGS gets brand license, produces and sells "Continental" tires.
Trelleborg acquires ČGS Holding (Mitas) and Continental regains brand rights in the Agricultural business.

Dawn of the Return
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Continental

After 13 years brand rights for agircultural tires return to Continental.


A New Start After 13 Years
100% homemade
100% homemade

... with an entirely new generation of tires starting with Tractor85 and Tractor70.

Area of 65er series starts
With Heart & Soil
With Heart & Soil

Continental produces the first TractorMaster tire in 600/65 R38.

90th anniversary
With Heart & Soil
With Heart & Soil

A milestone birthday: It has been 90 years since the launch of Europe’s first pneumatic agricultural tire by Continental. Since then, Continental has been providing its customers with top quality and durable agricultural tires. 

Strategy change and expansion

Continental enters the harvester tires field and launches the first CombineMaster.

TractorMaster wins DLG test

Continental TractorMaster is cream of the crop according to DLG’s benchmarking exercise of premium agricultural tires. It beats the reference tires from other manufacturers.

Superior tires become part of portfolio
VF TractorMaster Hybrid with Tire Sensor
VF TractorMaster Hybrid with Tire Sensor

Continental launches the VF technology for high horsepower tractors and combines. At the same time, the brandnew VF TractorMaster Hybrid tire, that comes with a factory-fitted tire sensor to monitor tire pressure and temperature, conquers the industry to offer an optimized use on off the road.