# Continental opens new automotive hose plant in Qingdao, China

Continental opened a new automotive hose manufacturing plant in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. The company invested almost US$35 million in the 84,000 sq m facility, which will produce high-quality automotive hoses mainly for the local market.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-10-22
- Where: Qingdao, Shandong province, China
- Value: $35.0M
- Starts operating: 15 Oct 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 84,000 sqm
- Products: automotive hoses, HFO-1234yf refrigerant hoses, lightweight cooling water hoses for EVs, GPF hoses
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Continental](https://endata.com/companies/925.md)
- [ContiTech](https://endata.com/companies/3779.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [just-auto.com](https://www.just-auto.com/news/continental-opens-new-hose-plant-in-china/), 2018-10-22: "Continental last week opened a new automotive hose manufacturing plant in Qingdao in China's Shandong province, according to local reports."
- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2018/11/09/continental-moves-qingdao-investment-to-sino-german-ecopark/19674/), 2018-11-09: "With a total investment of approximately RMB 240 million (around 30 million Euros) and an area of approximately 84,000 sqm, the new plant in Qingdao provides high quality hose products and mobile fluid system solutions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles."

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