Eine vermeintlich gesunde Gemüsepfanne hat eine Frau aus Stolzenau (Landkreis Nienburg) ins Krankenhaus gebracht In die Pfanne hatte sie eine Zucchini aus dem Garten einer Freundin gegeben Das Gemüse enthielt den giftigen Bitterstoff Cucurbitacin Obwohl die Seniorin nur wenig gegessen habe Die Ärztinnen und Ärzte dort diagnostizierten eine mittelschwere Vergiftung Bei Zucchini aus dem Handel sei der giftige Stoff entweder gar nicht mehr oder in unschädlichen Mengen enthalten Anders könne das aber beim Selbstanbau sein beispielsweise wenn alte Samen verwendet würden Ihr geht es den Angaben zufolge inzwischen wieder besser: Sie konnte aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen werden In our press portal you can find current press releases information about fairs and events as well as studies and other publications Overview Press Contacts Find out what drives our employees and what exactly makes Continental a great employer Job Portal Application Process Contact & FAQ On these pages we present our investor related news and information Overview Contact About us Services Here you find more information about sustainability at Continental Overview Contact On these pages we present information about our products and innovations Overview Contact Since 1871 we develop pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods Find out more about our company on these pages Overview Contact ContiTech specializes in development and materials expertise for products and systems made from rubber, plastic, metal and textiles. The group sector has been operating in a new organizational structure since the beginning of 2024, creating a basis for it to focus on expanding the industrial business. The planned measures will help to streamline this focus, create locations that are more economically resilient and adapt the product portfolio to shifting demand. The aim is to structure the planned measures in a way that is as socially responsible as possible. Continental will make use of established tools for this purpose. For employees at the locations, Continental will strive to find individual solutions on the internal and external job market in collaboration with employee representatives. ContiTech employs around 39,000 staff worldwide in 37 countries and markets. In Germany, ContiTech has 22 locations with a total of around 11,000 employees. EmailMoers locationMoers: The Moers location is to be closed. All 47 jobs will be affected by the planned closure. The location is suffering from the ongoing decline in the special conveyor belt business. These special conveyor belts are a niche product, meaning production cannot be taken over by another location or region. For this reason, ContiTech has made the decision to remove this product from its portfolio. EmailFrohburg locationGeithain and Frohburg: Both locations have for several years been experiencing a decline in demand for blow mold tools, with no prospect of significant improvement. Extensive efforts were made to restructure the portfolio, but ultimately these were not economically viable. Consequently, the plants in Geithain and Frohburg are to be closed. All 58 jobs at these locations will be affected by the planned closure. EmailHamburg locationHamburg: The activities of the future independent business area Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) are to be scaled back at the Hamburg location TechCenter activities such as prototyping and testing will be relocated to Hann the location of the main laboratory for the future independent OESL in order to exploit synergies arising from the structures that are already in place or will be housed there in the future 53 of the 107 jobs at OESL in Hamburg will be affected German-based supplier notes “persistent decline in demand” in customer sectors such as automotive Germany – ContiTech has announced a major restructuring programme which involves the closure of four manufacturing sites in Germany and changes across other locations persistent declines in demand” in key market sectors,” Philip Nelles head of ContiTech, explained in a 31 Jan statement developments in the automotive industry and lignite mining in Europe were posing “particular challenges for us." ContiTech is discontinuing production at its locations in Bad Blankenburg (Thuringia) Stolzenau (Lower Saxony) and Moers (North Rhine-Westphalia) Continental’s industrial and materials arm will halt toolmaking at the dual location in Frohburg and Geithain (Saxony) The restructuring also involves ‘scaling back’ activities of the future independent business area Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) in Hamburg As part of the planned spin-off of Continental’s ‘automotive group sector’ a production line is also to be relocated from the ContiTech site in Hanover-Vahrenwald to an ‘automotive site’ The restructuring is expected to impact a total of 580 jobs the “painful measures are necessary to reposition the company for sustained economic growth.” “Given the current economic headwinds and accelerating pace of technological transformation we must take action now to safeguard our future,” he added ContiTech specialises in the development of rubber- plastics- and other material-based products and systems The Continental group sector has been operating in a new organisational structure since the start of 2024 with a focus on expanding its industrial business will help “streamline this focus” and create locations that are “more economically resilient and adapt the product portfolio to shifting demand.” ContiTech will discontinue the production of conveyor belts with the planned closure affecting 185 jobs at the location The move is in response to the “sustained change in demand” due to the phase-out of lignite in Europe Conveyor belts from Bad Blankenburg are predominantly used in South America (among others) where ContiTech already operates a facility in Ponta Grossa (Brazil) The plant in Stolzenau only produces cargo compartment covers and is “dependent” on the economic development of the automotive industry The plant closure in Stolzenau will affect all 110 jobs at the location the market for cargo compartment covers “has not recovered as anticipated “The location is no longer running at sufficient capacity to sustain its operations and no improvement to the situation is in sight,” said ContiTech the company said it explored the possibility of selling the site or transferring production to other sites where ContiTech produces “special conveyor belts for niche products” all 47 jobs will be impacted by plant closure the company will be removing the product from its portfolio The dual Geithain and Frohburg locations have been experiencing a decline in demand for blow mould tools in recent years “with no prospect of significant improvement,” ContiTech explained “Extensive efforts were made to restructure the portfolio but ultimately these were not economically viable,” it said All 58 jobs at these locations will be affected by the planned closure The restructuring also includes the transfer of air bellows passenger car air springs production to the ‘Continental automotive group’ which is currently being carved out as an independent business the ‘automotive’ business will be producing passenger car air springs independently from Continental Production at the Hanover-Vahrenwald plant is therefore expected to be discontinued in the first half of 2026 and will be transferred to the Automotive plant in Jicin stressed that the Vahrenwald plant would remain “a key location as part of ContiTech’s overall operating strategy.” the activities of the future independent business area OESL are to be scaled back and ‘tech centre’ activities such as prototyping and testing will be relocated to Hann The process will impact 53 of the 107 jobs at the Hamburg location A subscription to European Rubber Journal includes: Already a subscriber? Log in here Broadband TV News February 11, 2016 20.19 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger The district court of Verden has imposed a one-year prison sentence on parole on a 53-year old man from Leese in Lower Saxony because of the illegal distribution of access to pay-TV platform Sky Deutschland through the internet The court basically confirmed the first instance decision of the local court in Stolzenau from 2013 The verdict marks the first sentence of a higher instance in Germany so far regarding this type of IT and communication crime (cybercrime) and can thus be regarded as a landmark for similar cases in future The pirate had illegally distributed Sky offerings via the internet by running a so-called card-sharing server and selling access to it He was convicted of computer fraud in conjunction with exposing data and circumventing technical protection measures Based on the results of joint investigation of the case by Sky and Nagravision the manufacturer of one of the security systems used by Sky at the time of the offence the district attorney of Verden initiated prosecution proceedings and subsequently filed suit Both Sky and Nagravision were joint plaintiffs at the trial a court has made such a decisive decision in second instance,” said Andreas Rudloff vice president platform services & security at Sky Deutschland “This is a clear signal to all criminals who seek to enrich themselves at the cost of our company and our honest customers by selling our exclusive content: Card-sharing is not a petty crime but rather computer fraud that will be prosecuted by the authorities and can be punished with a prison sentence The close cooperation of the affected companies – in this case the intense cooperation with Nagravision – during the pre-investigation in the shadow markets as well as the consequent investigative works of the prosecution authorities show that determined Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany he has been working as a freelance journalist writes articles in specialist publications Jörn is also a moderator of panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM Today, consumers are increasingly using bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads, such as 4K and 8K streaming, online gaming, and AR/VR applications. 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