Michelin.
French tire manufacturer Michelin Michelin
in full Compagnie Générale des Etablissments Michelin
Leading French manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. It was founded in 1888 by the Michelin brothers, André (1853–1931) and Édouard (1859–1940), to opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. , Vietnam Vietnam (vēĕt`näm), officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, republic (v), 128,400 sq mi (332,642 sq km), Southeast Asia. Occupying the eastern coastline of the Southeast Asian peninsula, Vietnam is bounded by China on the north, by Laos , that will work closely with distributors. Michelin also inaugurated its new car tire manufacturing unit in the Hungarian city of Nyiregyhaza. Michelin invested $70.2 million in the production unit, which is expected to produce 800,000 tires annually.
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