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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]
On November 20, 1986, Goodyear acquired all of the stock held by Goldsmith's group (12,549,400 shares) at an above-market price of $49.50 per share. [28] Goodyear also made a tender offer for up to 40 million shares of its stock from other shareholders at $50 per share.
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 Michelin TRX, (and the related TDX), is a radial tire introduced by the Michelin Group in 1975. It is one of the first volume-produced low-profile tires. Although technologically advanced, and reasonably successful, the tire's requirement for a non-standard rim ultimately condemned it to a relatively short commercial life.
Continental AG, commonly known as Continental and colloquially as Conti, [3] is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company. Headquartered in Hanover, Lower Saxony, it is the world's third-largest automotive supplier and the fourth-largest tire manufacturer.
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.