Michelin: stakeholder and partner in digital transformation
At the end of May 2018, Viva Technology or VivaTech for those in the know will take place in Paris. It’s the biggest European event in the digital ecosystem, bringing together the biggest names in start-ups and investors...
MotoGP™: 400 victories with innovation and technology
By winning the Gran Premio Red Bull de España 2018, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda Team) offered Michelin its 400th victory in the MotoGP™. World Championship. Another success that witnesses to Michelin’s skill and know-how at the highest level in motorcycle racing since 1973.
MOVIN’ON 2018 : Acting together for the future mobility
The solutions to the major challenges for tomorrow’s mobility cannot come from one company alone, however willing and ambitious it may be, nor from one single town or country. The answers will come from ecosystems that bring together all stakeholders from academia, politics and business. Building partnerships, sharing, talking and...
MOVIN’ON 2018: Michelin at the global sustainable mobility summit
In 20 years and as many editions, Michelin Challenge Bibendum, renamed Movin’On in 2017, has become the leading sustainable mobility event. This year’s new edition in Montreal from May 30th to June 1st is an international event with Michelin as its global partner. It is an opportunity for the Group...
MICHELIN Track Connect: connect your tires to improve your track performance
If you love thrills and cars, have you never wanted to boost your performance on track? It’s now possible with the brand new range of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires equipped with Track Connect technology.
MICHELIN wins the european inventor award
On 7th June in Saint Germain en Laye (France), two MICHELIN engineers, Agnès Poulbot and Jacques Barraud (now deceased) received the 2018 European Inventor Award in the “Industry” category. This award concerns the invention of a new heavy truck tire tread: REGENION.
FIA WEC – A Super Season and a new playing field for MICHELIN
Innovative as ever, the FIA-WEC Endurance World Championship straddles two years this season, 2018 and 2019, with an eight race program including two 24 Hours of Le Mans events. A real impact on tire design…
Pikes Peak: MICHELIN always stronger, always higher
Do you love racing and innovation? Then MICHELIN certainly spoiled you last weekend! On Sunday June 24, 2018, Frenchman Romain Dumas won his 4th victory (his third consecutive win) in the legendary Pikes Peak race, the most famous hillclimb in the world held in Colorado (USA) every year since 1916....
1898 – 2018: the Michelin Man is 120
120 years? Really? He’s been around 120 years already? Who? The Michelin Man of course! Born in 1898, this year Bibendum (the Michelin Man’s real name) is celebrating his 120th birthday. Dreamed up by the Michelin brothers and cartoonist "O’Galop” and designed from a stack of tires, the Michelin Man...
Road cycling: MICHELIN makes a big comeback at the Tour de France
Early 2018, MICHELIN signed a two-year technical partnership with the French team Cofidis Solutions Crédits, celebrating its big comeback to top-level cycle road racing and the Tour de France