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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.
Birla Tyres India: 1991 Birla Tyre [4] Belshina Belarus: 1965 Belshina [5] Bridgestone Japan: 1931 Bridgestone, [6] [7] [8] Firestone, Fuzion, Seiberling (Latin America), Uniroyal (Australia), Dayton, Supercat (Australia and New Zealand), Fireforce (South Africa) Bridges Sabanci Turkey: 1974 Bridgestone (Europe and Middle East), Lassa: Carlisle ...
List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Los Angeles and Southern California; List of Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City; List of Michelin-starred restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California; List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Texas; List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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]
That same year, the Model A, equipped with the tires, became the first car to cross the United States from east to west. This event made BFGoodrich a household name. [3] The Goodrich Corporation, formerly called B.F. Goodrich Company, stopped making tires in 1988 and sold the business and the B.F. Goodrich name to Michelin. Although Michelin ...
The Michelin Guides (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ əl ɪ n, ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl ɪ n / MISH-əl-in, MITCH-əl-in; French: Guide Michelin [ɡid miʃlɛ̃]) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. [1] The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain ...
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.
Sandton City is a large shopping centre situated in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa. [2] It was built and owned by property development company Rapp and Maister, in partnership with brothers Hilliard and Eli Leibowitz, and was later taken over by Liberty Life (now part of Liberty Holdings Limited ).