Technology company Continental has appointed Alexander Klotz as the new head of their Technical Centre India (TCI). Klotz will be instrumental in taking TCI to its next level of growth, as a trusted partner augmenting Continental’s global R&D competence.
“Currently the centre supports Continental’s automotive divisions globally and employees approximately 3000 engineers”, said Continental’s Corporate Technology Officer, Kurt Lehmann. “The TCI is a key contributor to the corporation’s R&D competence and global network”, explained Lehmann, who is responsible for corporation-wide technology development at Continental.
Prashanth Doreswamy, Market Head of Continental India and Managing Director, Continental Automotive, India, said, “As a technology company, Continental is continuing to invest heavily in the technologies of tomorrow. Continental TCI plays an important role as an R&D Centre, and Alexander’s leadership competence and experiences will ensure the centre continues to grow in terms of competence, innovation potential and capacity.”
According to Alexander Klotz, “The vehicle of the future will be a sensing, planning and acting computer on wheels, and we need to continuously scale up our R&D competence to spur innovation. As a technology company we endeavour to address the changing face of the automotive world in the key areas of safe, clean and intelligent mobility.”
“Continental TCI has set an ambitious growth target year-on-year, and I’m keen to be part of this growth wave. The centre will also provide lots of opportunities for engineers aspiring to work on technologies of tomorrow – ranging from automated driving to artificial intelligence that define mobility of the future.” Klotz added.
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