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Michelin (, French: [miʃlɛ̃]), 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. It is the second largest tyre manufacturer in the world behind Bridgestone and larger than both Goodyear and Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the Kléber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company, SASCAR, Bookatable and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to restaurants for their cooking, and for its company mascot Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man, who is a humanoid consisting of tyres. Michelin's numerous inventions include the removable tyre, the pneurail (a tyre for rubber-tyred metros) and the radial tyre. Michelin manufactures tyres for Space Shuttles, aircraft, automobiles, heavy equipment, motorcycles, and bicycles. In 2012, the group produced 166 million tyres at 69 facilities located in 18 countries. History In 1889, two brothers, Édouard Michelin (1859–1940) and André Michelin (1853–1931), ran a farm implement business in Clermont-Ferrand, France. One day, a cyclist whose pneumatic tyre needed repair turned up at the factory. The tyre was glued to the rim, and it took over three hours to remove and repair the tyre, which then needed to be left overnight to dry. The next day, Édouard Michelin took the repaired bicycle into the factory yard to test. After only a few hundred metres, the tyre failed. Despite the setback, Édouard was enthusiastic about the pneumatic tyre, and he and his brother worked on creating their own version, one that did not need to be glued to the rim. Michelin was incorporated on 28 May 1889. In 1891 Michelin took out its first patent for a removable pneumatic tyre which was used by Charles Terront to win the world's first long-distance cycle race, the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris. In the 1920s and 1930s, Michelin operated large rubber plantations in Vietnam. Conditions at these plantations led to the famous labour movement Phu Rieng Do. In 1934, Michelin introduced a tyre which, if punctured, would run on a special foam lining, a design now known as a run-flat tyre (self-supporting type). Michelin developed and patented a key innovation in tyre history, the 1946 radial tyre, and successfully exploited this technological innovation to become one of the world's leading tyre manufacturers. The radial was initially marketed as the "X" tyre. It was developed with the front-wheel-drive Citroën Traction Avant and Citroën 2CV in mind. Michelin had bought the then-bankrupt Citroën in the 1930s. Because of its superiority in handling and fuel economy, use of this tyre quickly spread throughout Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the outdated bias-ply tyre persisted, with a market share of 87% in 1967.In 1966, Michelin partnered with Sears to produce radial tyres under the Allstate brand and was selling 1 million units annually by 1970.In 1968, Michelin opened its first North American sales office, and was able to grow that market for its products rapidly; by 1989 the company had a 10% market share for OEM tyres purchased by American automobile makers.Also in 1968, Consumer Reports, an influential American magazine, acknowledged the superiority of the radial construction, setting off a rapid decline in Michelin's competitor technology. In the U.S., the radial tyre now has a market share of 100%.In addition to the private label and replacement tyre market, Michelin scored an early OEM tyre win in North America, when it received the contract for the 1970 Continental Mark III, the first American car with radial tyres fitted as standard.In 1989, Michelin acquired the recently merged tyre and rubber manufacturing divisions of the American firms B.F. Goodrich Company (founded in 1870) and Uniroyal, Inc. (founded in 1892 as the United States Rubber Company) from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Uniroyal Australia had already been bought by Bridgestone in 1980. This purchase included the Norwood, North Carolina manufacturing plant which supplied tyres to the U.S. Space Shuttle Program.As of 1 September 2008, Michelin is again the world's largest tyre manufacturer after spending two years as number two behind Bridgestone. Michelin produces tyres in France, Serbia, Poland, Spain, Germany, the US, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, India, Italy and several other countries. On 15 January 2010, Michelin announced the closing of its Ota, Japan plant, which employs 380 workers and makes the Michelin X-Ice tyre. Production of the X-Ice will be moved to Europe, North America, and elsewhere in Asia. In 2019, Michelin announced that plants in Germany and France are to be closed soon.Michelin also controls 90% of Taurus Tyre in Hungary, as well as Kormoran, a Polish brand. In December 2018, Michelin acquired Camso, a manufacturer of off-the-road tyres, tracks, and accessories for power sports, agriculture, material handling and construction markets.On 22 January 2019, it was announced that Michelin had acquired Indonesian manufacturer Multistrada Arah Sarana, which produces Achilles Radial and Corsa tyres. On 19 June that year, Michelin owns 99.64% of the share capital of Multistrada. Motorsport MotoGP Michelin participated in MotoGP from 1972 to 2008. They introduced radial construction to MotoGP in 1984, and multi-compound tyres in 1994. They achieved 360 victories in 36 years, and from 1993 to 2006, the world championship had gone to a rider on Michelins. In 2007, Casey Stoner on Bridgestone tyres won the world championship in dominating fashion, and Valentino Rossi and other top riders complained that Michelins were inferior. Rossi wanted Bridgestones for the 2008 season, but Bridgestone was reluctant to provide them; Dorna threatened to impose a control tyre on the series, after which Bridgestone relented. In 2008, Michelin committed errors of judgment in allocating adequate tyres for some of the race weekends. Dani Pedrosa's team switched to Bridgestones in the midst of the season, a highly unusual move that caused friction between Honda Racing Corporation and their sponsor Repsol YPF. Other riders also expressed concerns and it seemed that Michelin might not have any factory riders for the 2009 season, leading to rumours that Michelin would withdraw from the series altogether. Dorna and the FIM announced that a control tyre would be imposed on MotoGP for the 2009 season and Michelin did not enter a bid, effectively ending its participation in the series at the end of 2008.Michelin returned to MotoGP in 2016 as the official tyre supplier after Bridgestone's withdrawal from the series at the end of 2015. Formula One Michelin first competed in the 1977 Formula One season, when Renault started the development of their turbocharged F1 car. Michelin i.... Discover the Michelin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Michelin books.
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The Man Who Ate the World
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The NoMad Cookbook
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Cooking Like a Master Chef
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Simply Raymond
Raymond BlancFeaturing recipes from Raymond's ITV series SIMPLY RAYMOND BLANC'Of the many cookery books that I have written, this one has the most extraordinary story,' says Raymond Blanc. His...
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Eating with Peter
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Wine Simple
Aldo Sohm & Christine MuhlkeFrom the worldrenowned sommelier Aldo Sohm, a dynamic, essential wine guide for a new generation NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOOD52 Aldo Sohm is one of the most ...
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Sugar
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Basque Country
Marti BuckleyWinner, 2019 IACP Award, Best Book of the Year, InternationalNamed one of the Best Cookbooks of the Year / Best Cookbooks to Gift by the New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, Ra...
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Hotbox
Matt Lee & Ted LeeMatt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of highend catering, exposing the secrets of a food business few home cooks or restaurant chefs ever experience.Hotbox reve...
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Gordon Ramsay Bread Street Kitchen
Gordon Ramsay'If you think you can't eat as well at home as you do in a restaurant think again. I'm going to show you how to cook stunning recipes from Bread Street Kitchen at home.' GORDON RA...
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The Ritz London
John Williams & The Ritz Hotel (London) LimitedAS SEEN ON TVAs featured on ITV's 'Inside the Ritz' series'When you look at the dishes in this book, the photographs it's beyond beautiful. You wouldn't need to cook a thing. You ...
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DK Eyewitness Top 10 New York City
DK EyewitnessExhilarating, everevolving and unforgettableNew York is one of the most visited cities in the world, known for its worldclass museums and galleries, dazzling Broadway shows, towe...
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The French Revolution
Michel Roux JrMichel Roux Jr's delicious collection of French recipes for the modern home cook.Michel Roux Jr is one of the bestknown and most loved French chefs in Britain. He runs the renowned...
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LIMA
Virgilio Martinez & Luciana BianchiThe growing popularity of Peruvian cuisine throughout the world has made Lima, the capital of Peru, a destination city for food lovers. Virgilio Martinez is the most famous young c...
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Pacific Northwest featuring National Parks MustSees
MichelinThis eBook version of Must Sees Pacific Northwest featuring National Parks by Michelinis ideal for hitting the region's highlights for a 24hour visit, a weekend or longer. M...
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The Waiter
Matias Faldbakken“As if The Remains of the Day had been written by Kingsley Amis, The Waiter is…one of the most purely entertaining novels I’ve read in years. This book is a meal you won’t want to ...
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New French Table
Emily Roux & Giselle Roux'From traditional family feasts to delightful simple snacks, this is a book to make mealtimes special' Michel Roux JrSimple family food forms the heart of French gastronomy. In Ne...
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Eggs or Anarchy
William SitwellEggs or Anarchy is one of the great, British stories of the Second World War yet to be told in full. It reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed B...
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Slovenian Cuisine
Janez Bratovž, Noah Charney, Matjaž Tancic, Manca Jevšcek & Hiroshi IshidaWinner of the Gourmand Award for Best Chef Book; a loveletter to the region, by the internationallyrenowned chef and father of modern Slovenian cuisine. First published in S...
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The Power of Trust
Sandra J. Sucher & Shalene GuptaA groundbreaking exploration of the changing nature of trust and how to bridge the gap from where you are to where you need to be. Trust is the most powerful force underlying...
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AT HOME
Monica GalettiTHE NEW COOKBOOK FROM MONICA GALETTI OF MASTERCHEF THE PROFESSIONALSMonica Galetti's career has taken her from her home in Samoa and New Zealand to the professional kitchens of Lon...
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The French Laundry, Per Se
Thomas KellerNamed a Best Book of 2020 by Publisher's Weekly Named a Best Cookbook of 2020 by Amazon and Barnes & Noble “Every elegant page projects Keller’s high standard of ‘perfect culin...
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French Countryside Cooking
Daniel GalmicheA Michelinstarred chef offers a fresh, sustainable approach to French country cookingrevealing how simple, local ingredients can create sophisticated dishes and reduce food waste.D...
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The French Laundry Cookbook
Susie Heller, Thomas Keller & Deborah JonesIACP Award Winner 2019 marks the twentyfifth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” (Th...
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Eleven Madison Park
Will Guidara & Daniel HummEleven Madison Park is one of New York City's most popular finedining establishments, where Chef Daniel Humm marries the latest culinary techniques with classical French cuisine. ...
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Marcus Everyday
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Alaska MustSees Michelin Guide 2013
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Cocina con Joan Roca
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Muerte en tres texturas
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Dessert FourPlay
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Rib Ticklers and Choux-ins
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