Michelin Japan has end of last year launched the new premium comfort tire Michelin Primacy 5, which will go on sale sequentially from March 1. The product is the successor to the Primacy 4+ and Primacy SUV+ models in the Michelin Primacy series. It is available in a total of 42 sizes ranging from 16 to 20 inches at an...
A joint venture between Michelin of France, Scandinavian EnviroSystems (Enviro) and Antin Infrastructure Partners (Antin) has finalized a joint investment plan to build its first tire recycling plant. The first plant, based in Uddevalla, Sweden, has already received all necessary environmental and building permits and approvals for construction. The construction process has begun, and the new plant is expected to...
Michelin, IFP Energies nouvelles, and Axens have opened France’s first industrial-scale prototype facility to produce butadiene derived from biomass at Michelin’s plant in Bassens, near Bordeaux. The facility was built as part of the BioButterfly project, in which the three companies are participating with the support of the French ecological transition agency Adem with the aim of producing butadiene from...
Symbio, a joint venture between Michelin, Forvia and Stellantis, has completed the largest integrated fuel cell production site in Europe, SymphonHy. SymphonHy will by 2026 have the capacity to produce 50,000 fuel cell systems per year to support the promotion of low-carbon transportation for its customers for large-scale production. It is also part of HyMotive, supported by the European Union...
Michelin Tire Japan announced that it will effective February 1, 2024, raise the prices of its Michelin, BF Goodrich, and Camso brand tires for the Japanese domestic market by 6-10%, with the rate of revision varying depending on the product. The price increase applies to commercial tires (summer and winter) for passenger cars, light trucks, and motorcycles in Japan; commercial...
Michelin has partnered with La Poste and will equip vehicles of the French postal service with its new generation Uptis airless tires. The Uptis will be used to deliver letters and parcels in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France by the end of 2024. This is the first time that Aptis has been adopted in Europe after Asia. The Aptis...
