Michelin’s Milestones

For more than 100 years, Michelin has been committed to continuously improving motorists’ mobility through professional knowledge and technological innovation.

1889: Michelin Company was established.

1891: Michelin applies for its first patent - removable, repairable tires

1895: Michelin launches the first car with pneumatic tires; Eacute ;clair

1898: Bib Gourmand, Mr. Michelin Tire is born

1900: The first Michelin Guide is published

1905: With a flat head The nailed "Michelin tread" improved the tire's grip and durability

1910: The first Michelin road traffic map with a scale of 1/200,000 was published

1913: Michelin invented the removable steel rim

1923: The first low-pressure car tire (2.5 bar)

1926: Michelin published its first book Green Guide

1930: Michelin applies for a patent for integrated tubed tires

1938: Michelin launches Metalic, the first truck tire with a steel carcass

1946: Michelin invented the radial tire

1959: Michelin launched the first radial tire for construction machinery vehicles

1979: Michelin won a radial tire Formula 1 Grand Prix Champion

1981: Michelin X Air becomes the first radial aircraft tire

1989: Michelin launches the first online travel service on the Minitel network in France

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1992: Michelin launches Energy oil-resistant tires

1993: Michelin invents a new C3M tire manufacturing process

1995: The U.S. space shuttle uses Michelin tires to land

1996: Michelin invented the PAX System tire

1996: The first Bib Gourmand Challenge, the world's most important clean energy vehicle exhibition, was held

1998: Mr. Michelin Tire celebrates its 100th birthday

2000: Bib Gourmand was voted the best logo by an international jury

2001: Michelin launches the world's largest project Mechanical tires

2003: Launch of Michelin brand auto parts

2004: Launch of a new corporate statement: Michelin - Leading the way to progress

2004 : Launch of Michelin XeoBib, the first constant low-pressure agricultural machinery tire

2005: Michelin supplies tires for the Airbus A-380 model Launch of Michelin Power Race, the first dual-compound tire that can be used on the road Competition tires

2006: Michelin’s durability technology revolutionizes truck tires

2007: Launch of new Michelin Energy Saver tires, reducing fuel consumption by almost 0.2 liters per 100 kilometers , carbon emissions reduced by 4g/km

2008: Launch of the new Michelin X Energy Saver green truck tire

2009: The 100th edition of the Michelin France Guide is published

2010: Michelin Pilot Sport 3 and Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires are launched on the market

2012: Michelin Primacy 3 tires are launched on the European market

2012: In Europe Two high-performance winter tires have been launched on the market - Michelin Pilot Alpin and Michelin Latitude Alpin.