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Panther Tyres [69] Pakistan: 1983 [70] Panther Tyres Petlas Turkey: 1976 Petlas: Pirelli [71] [72] Italy: 1872 Agom, Courier, Metzeler, Pirelli, Formula [73] Ralf Bohle GmbH Germany: 1922 Schwalbe, Impac Rosava Ukraine: 1972 Rosava,Itegro Rupsha Tyres Bangladesh: 1991 Rupsha Asia, Tajwer, Barud [74] Sailun Group China: 2002
Michelin (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ əl ɪ n, ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl ɪ n / MISH-əl-in, MITCH-əl-in, French:), in full Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA ("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.
The first Michelin Guide, published in 1900 The 1911 Michelin Guide for the British Isles. 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). [2]
In 1959, the Automotive tyre factory was founded. In 2007, the French company Michelin became a major shareholder of the company. [2] In February 2008, Michelin bought the remaining shares of Tigar Tyres for $47 million. With this acquisition, Michelin would become 100 percent owner of the company by 2010. [3]
Nokian Tyres' three principal activities are the manufacture of passenger car tyres, heavy commercial tyres, and retail tyre sales. [24] As of 2008, Nokian is the most profitable tyre manufacturer in the world, [25] [26] at up to 18% earnings (before taxes and interest) relative to sales, compared to 14% at Bridgestone, 8% at Michelin, and 9.6% at Continental.
The tyre load index (LI) on a passenger-car tire is a two- or three-digit numerical code used to cross-reference a load & inflation table that will give the maximum load each tire can carry at a given pressure.
The Tweel airless tire design. The Tweel (a portmanteau of tire and wheel) is an airless tire design developed by the French tire company Michelin.Its significant advantage over pneumatic tires is that the Tweel does not use a bladder full of compressed air, and therefore cannot burst, leak pressure, or become flat.
Michelin PAX run-flat wheel. The Michelin PAX was an automobile run-flat tire system that utilizes a special type of rim and tire to allow temporary use of a wheel if its tire is punctured. The core of Michelin's PAX system is the semi-rigid ring installed onto the rim using special equipment.