Dieter Rogge Heads Continental's Powertrain Division

Powertrain's objective is to reduce emissions and enhance comfort and driving pleasure

Regensburg, Jan. 17, 2008. Dieter Rogge is the head of Continental's new Powertrain Division which employs around 27,000 people. With more than 60 sites throughout the world, the Division is one of the three new automotive divisions within Continental, the international automotive supplier. Powertrain brings together innovative and efficient system solutions affecting every aspect of a vehicle's drive train and is divided into the following business units: Gasoline Systems, Diesel Systems, Electronics, Transmission, Sensors, Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Turbochargers and Actuators, Motor Drives & Fuel Supply.

"With our enhanced development and systems expertise, the Powertrain Division is ideally positioned to meet the challenges of the future", stresses Dieter Rogge, the Division's head. "By integrating the activities of the former Siemens VDO Automotive, we will be making a significant technological leap forward, for example in the area of hybrid drives, and will catch up with our competitors. We now have a huge opportunity of becoming the world's best automotive supplier. And alongside these technical innovations, we will remain focused on quality and cost."

In Rogge's opinion, motoring should become more environmentally friendly and yet remain affordable. "At the same time, we want to enhance both comfort and driving pleasure," says Rogge. "To achieve this, we offer our customers a complete portfolio of high-quality systems and components – from gasoline and diesel systems including sensors, actuators and tailor-made electronics, via fuel supply systems, engine management and transmission control units, to components and systems for hybrid drives."

Dieter Rogge was born in Bremen and began his professional career in 1964 with an apprenticeship at Siemens. After studying electrical engineering, he worked as a development and test engineer at Siemens in Regensburg. In 1976, he moved to Caracas in Venezuela, working as an installation and low-voltage engineering expert for four years, before returning to Germany in 1980 to the international sales and marketing function of the Siemens installation engineering business unit. Between 1985 and 1990, he helped to build up the Siemens AG automotive engineering business unit in Regensburg. This was followed by various career steps at managerial level, including at DaimlerChrysler/Temic. Most recently, Rogge was responsible for the Powertrain & Chassis business unit at Continental's Automotive Systems Division before returning to Regensburg this year as head of the Powertrain Division. Dieter Rogge is married and has three daughters.

With annual sales of more than €25 billion (based on 2006 figures), the Continental Corporation is one of the top five automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. The corporation currently employs approximately 150,000 at nearly 200 locations in 36 countries.

The Powertrain division within the automotive supplier Continental AG integrates innovative and efficient system solutions throughout the drivetrain in vehicles, which increase vehicle performance and driving comfort while simultaneously lowering fuel consumption and emissions. As a partner of the motor industry, the division produces at over 60 locations worldwide, developing a comprehensive product portfolio that ranges from gasoline and diesel injection systems, to engine and transmission controls and all the way to components and systems for hybrid drives. The division, which contains about 27,000 employees, achieved a sales volume of more than 5 billion Euros based on 2006.

Source: Continental AG

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