pinned superman and his wife live in grinding poverty while the tire industry boast . worldwide sales of more than 1200000000 gardai so. we decided to confront the big name tire manufacturers based in thailand but japanese multinational bridgestone the world's biggest tire producer declines our request for an interview. none of the manufacturers are willing to reveal their suppliers we tried the german firm continental which has recently opened a new production plant close to the city of rye on. we contacted them several times before our arrival asking for an interview but most requests went unanswered just like this one. continental which is based in hanover is the world's 4th biggest tire producer and so it has a particular responsibility when it comes to determining working conditions in the sector. we hear that the living conditions of people on rubber plantations in neighboring cambodia are even worse than in thailand so we decided to head there. from the capital phnom penh and we travel north. like in thailand there are rubber plantations as far as the eye can se