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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.
As of the 2024 guide, there are 80 restaurants in Greater London with a Michelin-star rating, ... This page was last edited on 14 January 2025, at 00:11 (UTC).
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 tyre, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the Guide Michelin (Michelin Guide). [2]
Name Original location Founded Headquarters Parent company Number of U.S. locations Areas served Notes BonChon Chicken: Busan, South Korea: 2002 Dallas, Texas
In this respect, Michelin House is a building twenty years before its time and is also the first of the highly decorated buildings 'built on tyres', as Michelin House was built before Fort Dunlop (1916) and the Firestone Building (1928–1980). Michelin House has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since April 1969. [2]
ViaMichelin is a travel website that allows road users in Europe to design and plan upcoming trips. [1]ViaMichelin was launched in 2001. At that time, Michelin had been publishing maps and guides for a century.
François Michelin (15 June 1926 – 29 April 2015) was a French heir and businessman. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Michelin from 1955 to 1999. Under his leadership, a family business founded by his grandfather became the leading global tire manufacturer, dominating the market in Europe and the US.
Michelin sued the performance artist Momus in 1991 for releasing a song about the trademarked Michelin Man. [20] [21] The song, simply titled "Michelin Man", was released the same year as the third track on his album Hippopotamomus (which also had a hippopotamus-headed version of the Michelin Man on its cover) used the mascot as a metaphor for ...