“In order to protect our employees in Russia from prosecution, we are temporarily resuming the production of passenger tires for the local market at our tire plant in Kaluga if necessary,” the supplier said.
“The basis for this step is the duty of care for our employees in Russia,” the company said.
Continental said resumption in production was not a profit-driven decision.
Continental had said on March 8 said that production at the Kaluga plant had been suspended.
Continental, based in Hanover, Germany, ranks No. 6 on the Automotive News list of top 100 global suppliers, with 2020 sales to automakers of $29.7 billion.