Michelin to Invest $50 Million in New Tweel Plant
Michelin North America today marked the opening of its newest plant in North America, a 135,000-square-foot facility in Piedmont, S.C. The facility – the first Michelin plant dedicated to the production of its airless Tweel products – represents Michelin’s 10th manufacturing facility in South Carolina and the 16th in the U.S. The company will invest
Michelin’s Selleck: S.C. Roads a Disgrace
Michelin North America may look elsewhere for expansion if South Carolina does not come up with a solution for its enormous shortfall in road funding, said Pete Selleck, chairman and president of Greenville, S.C.-based Michelin North America. “The roads in this state are a disgrace,” Selleck told the Columbia Regional Business Report while pointing
First Tweel Plant to Bow Next Week
Michelin North America will take the wraps off its first plant dedicated to the production of its airless Tweel products. The new plant in Piedmont, S.C., is MNA’s 10th in that state. Gov. Nikki Haley will not be able to participate in the grand opening, but will be sending her best wishes. A number of
Michelin Adding Research Team in India
Groupe Michelin will set up a research team in India to develop truck tires for the Asian market, according to the company’s CEO. Michelin CEO Jean Dominique Sennard announced the news when asked whether Michelin will respond to the country’s prime minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” initiative during the Michelin Challenge Bibendum. Sennard noted
Michelin Aims to Double Chinese Business
Michelin will double its business in China over the next 10 years, according to a Reuters report. The news was announced during Michelin’s investors day in China. The tiremaker also aims to produce 220,000 tons annually at its Shenyang plant by 2019.
#SEMA/GTE: Michelin, TIA Award Scholarships
The Tire Industry Association and Michelin North America have awarded $6,250 in scholarship funds to three recent high school graduates whose parents work at TIA member companies Receiving college scholarships for the 2014-15 academic school year are Alexa Swingle, of Omaha, Neb.; Zachary Taylor, of Mt. Olive, Ill.; and Kaitlyn Wade, of Stevensville, Mich. Michelin
Senard Continues as Michelin Managing General Partner
Jean-Dominique Senard’s term as Michelin managing general partner has been renewed for another four years, through the first half of 2019. Michelin’s supervisory board unanimously approved the proposed renewal at its Oct. 31 meeting, after the compensation and appointments committee “expressed a favorable opinion.”
Michelin’s Nova Scotia Plants Switching to Gas
Michelin Canada announced that its tire manufacturing plants in Bridgewater and Waterville, Nova Scotia, will be running on natural gas by the end of the month. According to local reports, each plant has a natural gas decompression station that will be connected to plant boiler rooms once commissioning is completed. In a statement, Michelin said
Restaurants and Amusement Parks, Tires are Everywhere
If you think business is hard today – where you have an established product, established customers, and an established need – try building a business with a little used product that is required by another little used product. This is how we got to the now world-renowned Michelin Star System for grading fine dining restaurants.
BFG Takes on Baja With New All-Terrain Tire
The Mexican state Baja California has been the backdrop of off-road racing for many decades and hosts both the Baja 500 and Baja 1000. The sand, silt, jagged rocks, grated and winding roads – as well as steep hills – make the region a natural roller coaster, and an off-roading playground. It is in this
Michelin Tweel Technology Earns OE Fitment, Launches New Products
John Deere will equip ZTrak 900 Series line-up of zero-turn commercial mowers with Michelin North America’s X Tweel Turf as original equipment to replace a standard 24x12x12 tire. This is the first OE fitment of any kind for the Tweel. “We have been working with the John Deere team for several years and the result
Michelin Uses Social Media Stars To Promote Teen Driver Safety
Michelin North America has released a new video by social media site Vine stars Jack and Jack to coincide with National Teen Driver Safety Week. The video is also a part of Michelin’s Beyond the Driving Test YouTube series and campaign. The YouTube series uses humor to raise awareness of tire maintenance and safety among