Viking Tyres
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded 📆 | 1931 Askim, Norway |
| Founder 👔 | |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Products 📟 | Tires |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Continental AG |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Viking Tyres is a European manufacturer of tires for motor vehicles.
History[edit]
- Founded in 1931 in Askim, Norway, they were manufacturing rubber products (including shoes and tyres).
- By 1970 their market share in Norway was in excess of 50%, becoming the market leader and begins to supply for Volkswagen, Opel, Ford and Volvo.
- In 1983 Viking goes international, with expansions to Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the USA.
- Continental AG acquires the trademark rights in the early 1990s.
- By 2008, the company reached the 1 million tires sold per year milestone.
- Their SnowTech II winter tire model is lauched in 2010.
- In 2012 the CityTech II and TransTech II models join their catalogue, offering summer tire solutions to cars and vans as well.
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