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ATS Euromaster Ltd. is the British affiliate of the European tyre service provider Euromaster, which is a subsidiary of the tyre manufacturer Michelin. ATS Euromaster was established in 1965, and has a network of service centres throughout the United Kingdom.
Michelin operates tyre retail and distribution in Europe under Euromaster and Blackcircles [35] brands, and in the US with its wholly owned subsidiary TCI Tire Centers. [36] TCI tire centers was folded into NTW, when Michelin partnered with Sumitomo to form the entity. [37] The company also manages its own e-commerce store, michelinman.com.
The business was founded by Joseph Henry Fenner in 1861 as a manufacturer of leather belting at Bishop Lane in Hull, England. [3] In 1921 it diversified into textile belting and subsequently into polymer belting.
National Tyres and Autocare is a tyre and automotive parts retailer based in Stockport in Greater Manchester, England and owned by Halfords.They are commonly referred to as just 'National Tyres' [1] although the limited company is still National Tyre Service Ltd (trading as National Tyres and Autocare).
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing.
Sign for Michelin tyres featuring the Michelin Tyre Man Bibendum in Taipei, 2008. Bibendum [1] (French pronunciation: [bibɛ̃dɔm]), commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man [2] or Michelin Tire Man, is the official mascot of the Michelin tire company.
A tubeless tire (also spelled as tubeless tyre in Commonwealth English) is a pneumatic tire that does not require a separate inner tube.. Unlike pneumatic tires which use a separate inner tube, tubeless tires have continuous ribs molded integrally into the bead of the tire that are forced by air pressure into a flange on the metal rim of the wheel, sealing the tire to the rim.
Dunlop Ltd. (formerly Dunlop Rubber) [1] was a British multinational company involved in the manufacture of various natural rubber goods. Its business was founded in 1889 by Harvey du Cros and he involved John Boyd Dunlop who had re-invented and developed the first pneumatic tyre: he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle.