Dr. Märtens takes over from Dr. Böttcher
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On June 1st 2008 Dr. Michael Andreas Märtens took over from Thomas Böttcher as head of the Business Unit Continental Industrial Tires.Dr. Märtens, who has a PhD in mechanical engineering, started working for Hanover-based Continental in the year 2000, initially in the Air Spring Systems sector at Continental Automotive Systems.
"During my time as Assistant to the Board, between 2002 and 2004, I got to know the tire sector well“, commented 35-year-old Märtens. Following a site analysis for a new tire plant, he became Project Manager for the new tire factory in Brazil in 2004, before taking over as Head of Logistics, from 2005 onwards. Like his predecessors, Dieter Saar and Thomas Böttcher, Dr. Märtens has thus worked for the corporation in various positions and different divisions at several locations.
With targeted annual sales of more than €26.4 billion for 2008, the Continental Corporation is one of the top automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Today, the corporation employs approximately 150,000 people at nearly 200 locations in 36 countries. The Commercial Vehicle Tires division, which designs, produces and supplies lorry, bus and industrial tires worldwide, and employs more than 8,000 people, achieved a turnover of approximately €1.5 billion in 2007. ___________________________________ Please feel free to use our media-service to download interesting pictures: Dr. Michael Andreas Märtens with CSEasy SC20 Clean |
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