Continental AG makes Continental tires through its Tires business, including US plants in Mount Vernon, Sumter and Clinton. [1][2]
Who makes Continental Tires?
- Owner
- Continental AG; the Tires business remains with Continental through the group’s restructuring. [2][3]
- Made by
- Continental’s tire-manufacturing operations; the US plant examples belong to Continental Tire the Americas. [1]
- Made in
- US examples: Mount Vernon, Illinois — passenger and truck tires; Sumter, South Carolina — passenger/light-truck; Clinton, Mississippi — truck tires. [1]
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Continental AG makes Continental tires through its Tires business, including US plants in Mount Vernon, Sumter and Clinton.
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- Continental Tires (Brand): Continental AG makes Continental tires through its Tires business, including US plants in Mount Vernon, Sumter and Clinton. [1][2]
- Continental Tires → Continental AG (Owner): Continental AG; the Tires business remains with Continental through the group’s restructuring. [2][3]
- Continental Tires → Continental Tires manufacturing (Manufacturer): Continental’s tire-manufacturing operations; the US plant examples belong to Continental Tire the Americas. [1]
- Continental Tires manufacturing → Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA (Factory): Passenger/light-truck and truck tire production. [1]
- Continental Tires manufacturing → Sumter, South Carolina, USA (Factory): Passenger/light-truck tire production. [1]
- Continental Tires manufacturing → Clinton, Mississippi, USA (Factory): Truck tire production. [1]
Who owns Continental Tires?
Continental Tires is part of Continental AG. Do not confuse the tire business with Aumovio, the automotive business spun off in September 2025, or ContiTech, for which a sale agreement was announced in July 2026. [2][3]
Who actually makes Continental Tires products?
Continental’s April 2024 plant release identifies three different US tire factories and their product specialties. A plant’s ability to make truck tires does not establish that it makes every passenger-tire pattern sold by Continental. [1]
Where are Continental Tires products made?
Mount Vernon began production in 1974 and makes passenger/light-truck and truck tires. Sumter opened in 2014 for passenger/light-truck tires. Clinton opened in 2019 for truck tires. These confirmed examples do not cover the whole international network. [1]
Is Continental Tires made in China or the USA?
Continental has confirmed US tire production. The cited US plant release does not give the manufacturing country of every tire sold in America or a complete Chinese factory list; individual model/size origins are Unconfirmed in this guide. [1]
Same factory, different label
The same release identifies Hoosier racing-tire production at Plymouth, Indiana as an additional manufacturing location. It does not prove a Hoosier tire and Continental road tire share a production line. The July 2026 ContiTech agreement is subject to closing conditions and should not be described as a completed sale on that evidence alone. [1][3]
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Frequently asked questions
4 questions about this supply chain, answered from the records above.
Where are continental tires made?
US examples: Mount Vernon, Illinois — passenger and truck tires; Sumter, South Carolina — passenger/light-truck; Clinton, Mississippi — truck tires.[1]
Who makes continental tires?
Continental’s tire-manufacturing operations; the US plant examples belong to Continental Tire the Americas.[1]
Who manufactures continental tires?
Continental’s tire-manufacturing operations; the US plant examples belong to Continental Tire the Americas.[1]
Sources and scope
Year-only source dates denote the report’s coverage year. Dated disclosures establish the facts described at that time. Plant output, contracts and ownership can change; this is a selected map, not a complete supplier census.
- [1] Continental’s three US tire plant anniversaries — 2024-04-16 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Names Mount Vernon passenger/truck tires, Sumter passenger/light-truck tires and Clinton truck tires, with opening years.
- [2] Continental group structure — 2025 annual report extract — 2025 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
Identifies Tires as a Continental group sector and dates the Aumovio spin-off to September 17, 2025.
- [3] Continental signs agreement to sell ContiTech — 2026-07-04 · Primary source · Reviewed 2026-10-21.
The ContiTech sale is conditional, with possible closing by year-end 2026; Tires remains Continental’s core business.
Unconfirmed
- Model/size-to-plant allocations; China origin for individual tires; completion of the July 2026 ContiTech sale agreement.