Tyres R Us Autos Articles | January 29 Authentic Alex Chiasson Jersey , 2009 Charles Macintosh, the famous Scottish chemist was the uncle of Elizabeth Pugh Barker, who, in 1929, married a Frenchman Edouard Daubree and settled in the Auvergne region of France. His greatest cont...
Charles Macintosh Authentic Kyle Brodziak Jersey , the famous Scottish chemist was the uncle of Elizabeth Pugh Barker, who, in 1929, married a Frenchman Edouard Daubree and settled in the Auvergne region of France. His greatest contribution as a scientist was the invention of rubberised waterproof fabric, hence the adoption of his name for the raincoat.
Elizabeth Authentic Milan Lucic Jersey , using the techniques passed onto her by her uncle, begins making rubber play balls, by hand, introducing rubber to the Auvergne region of France. In 1832, Edouard invents a machine for manufacturing rubber balls and with his cousin Aristide Barbier Authentic Brandon Manning Jersey , opens a factory making farm machinery and rubber balls in Clermont Ferrand. They quickly start developing rubber tubes, gaskets and valves for use in industrial applications. The company continues to develop over the next 30 years until in 1863 the founders set up a limited company, E. Daubree & Co. which becomes J.G. Bideau & Co. in 1868.
The Michelin name first appears in 1889 when Edouard Michelin and his brother Andre, take over the management of the company which becomes Michelin & Co. or to give it its full French title 'Manufacture Francaise des Pneumatics Michelin'. The brothers develop the 'removable' pneumatic tyre, a great improvement on the pneumatic tyres available up until this time which had to be glued to the wheel rim and thus were very slow to replace. To publicise their new tyre Michelin organise a cycle race between Paris and Clermont Ferrand in 1891. During the race the brothers scatter nails along the route to prove that a flat tyre can now be easily and speedily repaired.
The company now concentrates on the development of pneumatic car tyres and in 1895 Edouard and Andre build and drive 'The éclair' Authentic Darnell Nurse Jersey , the first car to run on pneumatic tyres, in the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race. The famous Michelin Man character is conceived in 1894 after Edouard notes the similarity of a pile of tyres at the entrance to the Michelin stand at the Universal and Colonial exhibition in Lyon to the body and head of a man. Andre takes this idea and commissions the illustrator O'Galop to develop the character and so give birth to the instantly recognisable tyre man. The character is also known a Bibendum after the first poster using his image carried the logo 'nunc est bibendem', a Latin phrase meaning 'it's time to drink' which makes more sense when read with the rest of the words on the poster, which translate as 'That is to say, to your health: The Michelin tyre drinks up obstacles'.
In 1899 Authentic Adam Larsson Jersey , Michelin tyres are used on the first electrically powered car to break the 100km per hour barrier.
The first Michelin red guide to hotels and restaurants appears in 1900 and quickly gains a reputation as a reliable source of reference. Today, the guides cover 17 different locations and are recognised as the best hotel and restaurant guides in the world. The famous Michelin star symbols of recommendation (introduced in 1926) have become the benchmark against which all restaurants are graded and any top chef is adjudged by the number of stars (or not) he has achieved.
The "Michelin Sole" tyre is launched in 1905. This tyre incorporates studs which improve grip, a useful feature for the often harsh winter climate of the Auvergne. The Michelin Tyre Company Ltd. is founded in London in 1906. In the same year the first tyre plant outside France is opened in Turin and in the following year the Milltown plant in New Jersey, United States becomes the first Michelin plant outside Europe.
It is 1910 and Michelin distributes 30,000 street name plates around France to tie in with the launch of its first of its now legendary road maps.
Michelins interest in aviation begins in 1908 with the Michelin Grand Prix Authentic Kris Russell Jersey , setting a challenge to aviators to fly between Paris and Clermont Ferrand. This is achieved for the first time in 1911 by Renaux and Senouque. The company is heavily involved in aviation during the First World War as Michelin builds over 1800 war planes at its main Clermont Ferrand plant. In 1916 the first ever concrete runway, built at Clermont Ferrands Aulnat airport, enables aircraft to take off and land in all weathers for the first time.
Tyre development continues after the war and in 1923 the first low pressure passenger tyre, the 'Confort' is introduced, capable of distances of up to 15 Authentic Wayne Gretzky Jersey ,000 km's. This development continues and in 1932 the 'Super Confort', an even lower pressure tyre capable of 30,000km's, is introduced.
The predecessor of the current Michelin Green Guides is published as a regional tourist guide to Brittany in 1926. Today, like the red guides Authentic Connor McDavid Jersey , the green guides are published worldwide and are a highly respected source of information for many of the world's major tourist destinations.
The Michelin Empire expands in the 1920's with the first plant in the UK at Stoke on Trent and a second plant in Italy in Trente. They purchase several thousand acres in Indochina to open their own rubber plantations. The Clermont plant now employs over 10,000 people over three sites.
In 1935 Michelin take control of Citroen cars. At this time the company begins its development of a new type of vehicle, the 'TPV' or 'Tout Petite Vehicule' which will later develop into the first 2CV, introduced at the 1948 Paris motor show. Michelin sells its shares in Citroen to Peugeot in 1974.
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