Continental Gummiwerke, Hannover, Germany

Download or read book Continental Gummiwerke, Hannover, Germany written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Continental Gummiwerke AG was selected for a plant and industry study by the Oil, Rubber and Chemical Division [USSBS report no. 127]. The largest producer of tires and tubes in Germany, it accounted for about 65 percent of the country's output of aircraft, light and heavy truck, agricultural automobile and bicycle tires ... This report deals with the physical damage to the Vahrenwalder Strasse-Hannover plant, as bomb damage to the other plants [at Limmer, Nordhafen and Korbach] was negligible. The plant was located in the center of Hannover, in a light mercantile and residential area"--Page 1.