Posted on 05/26/2006 12:02:39 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
PARIS -- Edouard Michelin, the co-managing partner of France's Michelin, the world's leading tire maker, was killed in a boating accident, the company said Friday.
A short statement from the company gave no details about his death or the accident. It said that another managing partner, Michel Rollier, would take over direction of the company. A company official told Dow Jones Newswires that Mr. Michelin, 42 years old, died in a boating accident. The accident took place near Ile de Sein, off Brittany's coast.
Mr. Michelin took over the company's reins from his father, Francois Michelin, in 1999.
Michelin is the world's leading tire maker with a 20% global market share. It started up in 1889 in the small town of Clermont-Ferrand in central France. Two brothers, Edouard and André Michelin, converted a struggling family factory that made farm machinery and rubber balls into a tire manufacturer, producing the first pneumatic tires for cars.
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Ditto. I love my Mich LTX M/S set.
I buy Cooper if I can find em.. though admittedly I don't have a local retailer that sells them since I moved.
Since he was a Frog, I guess you could say, "He croaked."
Guess he couldn't 'tread' water very well.
Yup. I guess like a stopped clock and the blind squirrel, the frogs are right at least once or twice a day.
Why did post that photo of Jerry Nadler?
I have Boggers on my off-road Jeep and Bridgestones on my Nissan Titan.
The Bridgestones will probably go about 20K miles and be toast.
Too bad about Edouard Michelin and the boating accident. It's an awfully young age to go. Many people in France referred to him as "l'Americain" due to his business and management style that was learned here when he directed North American operations. Michelin has about a dozen plants in this country.
They're a little expensive, but I opt for Michelin Pilots for my cars whenever possible. Good wear characteristics, predictable, quiet, comfortable.
I've been tempted to try Michelin Pilots for my motorcycle tire, but I've had such consistently good luck with the Metzeler brand, I'm compelled to stick with them. I once had to purchase Dunlops under duress and they were horrible. Can't wait to get a new set of Metzeler M-1 Sportecs for my bike...
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