Continental has announced the appointment of Carlos Bernabe as the new Plant Manager for its Passenger & Light Truck Tyres and Two Wheel Tyres manufacturing facility in Alor Setar, Malaysia. He joined the Continental Malaysia team in Alor Setar on January 1, 2017, succeeding Juergen Jacobs Dowling, who has been leading the plant for the past three years and is currently pursuing his career within Continental in South Africa.
“My main objective is to drive together with the Alor Setar team the business here towards highest performance and deliver top products to our customers in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region”, stated Carlos Bernabe.
Prior to his new role, Carlos Bernabe was the Production Manager at Continental Timisoara, Romania. Previously, he heads Continental’s manufacturing & quality operations for the APAC region in China and has held various assignments in other countries including Portugal, France and Brazil.
Altogether, Bernabe has been with the company for nearly 37 years, bringing with him a vast experience in tyres manufacturing management at international level. He holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and Quality Management from France, his country of origin.
The tyre plant in Alor Setar began its operations on 20th December, 1979 under Sime Tyre. In 2012, Continental acquired the full shares of the company from Sime Tyre. Since then, the corporation has invested around EUR 15 million in the tyre plant in Alor Setar, mainly in upgrading the production equipment and processes and employs around 1,100 employees. The tyre plant produces passenger and light truck tyres as well as two wheel tyres mainly for Malaysia and for the rest of the APAC market except for China and India.
