"Internal machining capability is not common for the majority of rubber plants globally, including Continental plants," Koch said. "As soon as we joined the Continental family in 2022, those same benefits—quality, timing, cost savings—also applied to other facilities beyond our own local facility." Since the acquisition, the Wahpeton plant has been integrated into the Continental ContiTech fold. And that has meant using its machine tooling know-how to help increase efficiency and reduce costs for other ContiTech facilities.