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Michelin
Michelin ( , ), in full ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes '' région'' of France. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world behind Bridgestone and larger than both Goodyear and Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the Kléber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company, SASCAR, Bookatable and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man, who is a humanoid consisting of tyres. Michelin's numerous inventions include the removable tyre, the pneurail (a tyre for rubber-tyred metros) and the radial tyre. Michelin manufactures tyres for Space Shuttles, aircraft, automobiles, heavy equipment, motorcycles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelin Stars
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France. In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History file:Guidem michelin 1900.jpg, upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard Michelin (born 1859), Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViaMichelin
ViaMichelin is a travel website that allows road users in Europe to design and plan upcoming trips. ViaMichelin was launched in 2001. At that time, Michelin had been publishing maps and guides for a century. ViaMichelin provides services designed for both the general public and businesses. ViaMichelin provides several services (maps, route plans, hotel and restaurant listings, traffic and tourist information, etc.) across media including the Internet, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and GPS navigation systems. ViaMichelin has operations in London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and Paris. ViaMichelin bought Kirrio in 2005. In January 2008, it was reported that ViaMichelin had 170 employees, of whom 60 were about to be laid off. ViaMichelin website The ViaMichelin website provides mapping coverage for 187 billion kilometres (as of 2017) of roads and streets across more than 42 European countries. ViaMichelin offers its services in multiple languages and repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelin Man
Bibendum (), commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man or Michelin Tire Man, is the official mascot of the Michelin tire company. A humanoid figure consisting of stacked white tire, tires, it was introduced at the Lyon Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894), Exhibition of 1894 where the Michelin brothers had a stand. He is one of the world's oldest trademarks still in active use. The slogan ''Nunc est bibendum'' ("Now is the time to drink") is taken from Horace's ''Odes (Horace), Odes'' (book I, ode xxxvii, line 1). He is also referred to as Bib or Bibelobis. Michelin dominated the French tire industry for decades and remains a leading international tire manufacturer. Its famous Michelin Guide, guidebooks are widely used by travelers. Bibendum was depicted visually as a lord of industry, a master of all he surveyed, and a patriotic exponent of the French spirit. In the 1920s, Bibendum urged Frenchmen to adopt America's superior factory system, but to patrioticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Michelin
André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (''Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin'') in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. In 1900, André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation. In 1886, 33-year-old André Michelin abandoned his career as a successful Parisian engineer to take over his grandfather's failing agricultural goods and farm equipment business. Established in 1832, "Michelin et Cie" suffered from neglect and was on the verge of insolvency following the founder's death. Michelin's grandfather had started the company that sold farm equipment and an odd assortment of vulcanized rubber products, such as belts, valves and pipes. As soon as André took the helm of the company, he recruited his younger brother Édouard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Rubber Company
Uniroyal, formerly known as the United States Rubber Company, is an American manufacturer of tires and other synthetic rubber-related products, as well as variety of items for military use, such as ammunition, explosives, chemical weapons and operations and maintenance activities (O&MA) at the government-owned contractor-operated facilities. It was founded in Naugatuck, Connecticut, in 1892. It was one of the original 12 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and became Uniroyal, Inc., as part of creating a unified brand for its products and subsidiaries in 1961. The company's long-lived advertisement slogan was "''United States Tires are Good Tires''." One of Uniroyal's best-known tires is the ''Tiger Paw'' introduced in the 1960s and included as original equipment for that decade's muscle cars such as the Pontiac GTO, which itself was promoted as The Tiger during its early years. Today, Uniroyal still uses the Tiger Paw brand name in its tire line. In 1990, Uniroyal was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radial Tire
A radial tire (more properly, a radial-ply tire) is a particular design of vehicular tire. In this design, the cord plies are arranged at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, or radially (from the center of the tire). Radial tire construction climbed to 100% market share in North America following Consumer Reports finding the superiority of the radial design in 1968, and were standard by 1976. History The first radial tire designs were patented in 1914 by G. H. Hamilton and T. Sloper -patent № 467 filed in London, and in 1916 by Arthur William Savage#San Diego, CA, Savage Tire, Arthur W. Savage, a tire manufacturer (1915–1919), firearm designer and inventor in San Diego, CA - . No actual products were created. Michelin in France designed, developed, patented, and commercialized the radial tire. The first Michelin X radial tire for cars was developed in 1946 by Michelin researcher Marius Mignol. There is no evidence that the former accountant turned researcher Migno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 census.Comparateur de territoire: Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Clermont-Ferrand (022), Unité urbaine 2020 de Clermont-Ferrand (63701), Commune de Clermont-Ferrand (63113) INSEE It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme departments of France, département. Olivier Bianchi is its current List of mayors of Clermont-Ferrand, mayor. Clermont-Ferrand sits on the plai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camso
Camso Inc., formerly known as Camoplast Solideal, is a Canadian company that is a manufacturer and service supplier of products for off-the-road vehicles. They serve the material handling, construction, agriculture and powersport industries. Camso manufactures and distributes pneumatic, airless and solid tires, tracks, driven and trailed conversion track systems and OEM undercarriages. The company was founded in 1982, and is based in Magog, Quebec, Canada. It also has branches and manufacturing plants in America, Asia and Europe. Camso research centers are in Magog, Ghent, Colombo, Shanghai, and Ho Chi Minh City, and has a global workforce of more than 8000 employees. History In 1982, Normand Carpentier and Michel Lasalle acquired four Bombardier divisions, including Roski Ltd., and founded Camoplast Inc. in December 2004, Camoplast purchased the industrial vehicles division of Bombardier Recreational Products Bombardier manufactured snow and all-terrain vehicles with rubb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Rollier
Michel Rollier (born 19 September 1944 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France) is a French industrialist in the automobile industry. On 26 May 2006, he succeeded his deceased cousin Édouard Michelin (the second), as chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ... of the Michelin tire company. In May 2012 Rollier was replaced by Jean-Dominique Senard and remained a board member until 2021. Although not a descendant of Édouard Michelin (the elder and founder of the Michelin company), Michel Rollier is the uncle of Édouard Michelin who drowned during a fishing trip in May 2006. Michel Rollier is a son of François Rollier, a long time executive and finally CEO of Michelin from 1971 to 1974. He is the brother of Philippe Rollier, former CEO of Lafarge Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFGoodrich
BFGoodrich is an American tire brand. Originally part of the industrial conglomerate Goodrich Corporation, it was acquired in 1990 (along with Uniroyal, then The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company) by the French tire maker Michelin. BFGoodrich was the first American tire manufacturer to make radial tires. It made tires for the then new Winton car from Winton Motor Carriage Company. BFGoodrich tires have been fitted to several noteworthy historical vehicles: * In 1903 the first car to cross the United States was fitted with BFGoodrich tires. * In 1927 Charles Lindbergh's airplane, the " Spirit of St. Louis," which made the first successful solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, was fitted with BFGoodrich tires. * The Space Shuttle Columbia's landing gear was fitted with BFGoodrich tires. BFGoodrich has been involved in several Baja California Competitions and enjoyed success with 28 overall victories at the Baja 1000 and 13 times winner of the Paris–Dakar Rally. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multistrada Arah Sarana
PT Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk is an Indonesian tire manufacturer. They sell tires under the brands Achilles and Corsa. It is considered to be one of the largest tire manufacturers in Indonesia, operating factories of and , located in East Cikarang, Indonesia. Since 2019, it is a publicly-traded subsidiary of French manufacturer Michelin. Products MASA manufactures tires for passengers cars, commercial cars, trucks, buses, and competition vehicles, as well as performance and industrial tires which are used in the international market. Multistrada Arah Sarana also manufactures tires under the brand name Achilles and Corsa, as well as Michelin, BFGoodrich and Uniroyal. History PT Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk or MASA, was known as PT Oroban Perkasa when it first started in 1988. They had built motorcycle tires and cars, with their own brands, which are Strada, Achilles, and Corsa. MASA received assistance from Pirelli (Italy) and Continental (Germany) to improve their manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
