From natural rubber to finished tires -  Continental tire plant uses SIMATIC WinCC
	Modern automobile tires are a high-tech product consisting of more than 20 components, which need the highest levels of precision at every stage of the production process from the rubber recipe through to vulcanizing. At Continental’s plant in Lousado, Portugal, the mixing processes are operated and monitored using Siemens A&D’s SIMATIC WinCC operating & monitoring system.  At the entrance to the Continental tire plant in Lousado a half hour’s drive north of Porto, your attention is first attracted by souvenirs of the past. A place of honor is dedicated to the first tire that was produced on Portuguese soil in 1946. Nobody can remember the vehicle that drove on Portuguese highways with this tire way back then.
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