At Clermont-Ferrand trams also travel by road. They run on their quiet monorail, and supported by rubber caps. Could it be otherwise in the city of Tyre? We are talking about an industrial center and located in the heart of the Auvergne region of France about 150 km from the famous Lyon. It is the city of volcanoes.
In the area there are about eighty and Clermont stands right in front of the Puy de Dome, the highest crater that dominates all. But the true symbol of Clermont-Ferrand is the legendary Bibendum, in Italy known simply as the "Michelin Man". Because here, in 1889, the brothers André and Edouard Michelin joined companies in order to found the eponymous factory.
From that moment on it will be unbelievable and unstoppable rise to success and the success in the global tire industry. Inevitably, then, that the city of Clermont-Ferrand - the end result of Clermont and Montferrand and currently hosts more than 300 thousand inhabitants - living completely in the shade of the big factory.
The relationship between Michelin and the land is solid and very friendly. The company has always contributed to its development: there are houses built for employees, the stadium is named after Marcel Michelin, many works and public initiatives are supported by giant rubber. Michelin has always maintained here the hearts and minds of its activities.
The headquarters is located in the complex of Les Carmes, then there is the industrial plant Cataroux and finally the department of research and development of Ladoux. The structure is almost anonymous. A large building that grows in width rather than height. Yet the brainy Michelin works in these rooms.
Inside is strictly forbidden to photograph, applies the most absolute secrecy. At the helm of the company there are three managers: Michel Rollier, Didier Miraton and Jean-Dominique Senard. Below them work the Board of Directors consists of 7 members, in turn assisted by a team of 8 supervisors.
All strategies start from here to enable the four main product lines are supported by one technical center is divided in 5 plants in Europe, North America and Asia. Clermont-Ferrand is the hub of the eight geographical areas in which we operate Michelin: Europe, Eastern Europe, North and South America, Africa-India-Middle East, Australia, China, Japan-Korea.
Between modernity and innovation, Les Carmes not forget, however, the ancient origins, symbolized by the presence of a part of the first industrial plant built in the second half of the 800 Michelin. Also interesting is that the Serra, with a large window, facing outside the main building.
A true botanical greenhouse in which they are bred several rare species of tropical plants from which we extract the latex, the basic raw material for the formation of gum and then the tires. This is the main system of Clermont-Ferrand. Activated in 1920, today comprises 50 hectares of land and employs about 2500 employees.
Few compared with more than 100 thousand that Michelin all over the world, but a good portion of which there are 12 thousand in Clermont-Ferrand. A Cataroux we study and implement the manufacturing processes and industrialization, there is a department of research and development focused on synthetic rubber (natural latex is an exhaustible resource), there are offices of computerization and administration.
There is even the real production. From Cataroux every year out 465mila tires. And tires. The 5% of these high-end of the range, are those for 60 thousand and 350 thousand classic cars are those "valuable" for competition, true pride of Michelin. Among the latter, over 8,000 are built specifically for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Currently, the production of tires is almost completely automated and robotized. The controls, however, are careful and take place under the eyes of people who analyze the human individual units discarding defective ones. For the production of special tires - such as competition - the process is entirely controlled by man.
Each tire is "assembled" by skilled workers according to a procedure that looks like a ritual. The new workers are trained in the halls of the Ecole du Pneu, where you learn the exact sequences that lead to the creation of the famous and irreplaceable object round and black. It is essentially a process divided into three phases, each of which adopts a specific machinery.
With the PAP is prepared by applying the layers of the tire products that form the body. With the SNB inflating the carcass assembly proceeds to apply the external metal rings and then applying the tread. The final process is the curing, the actual firing of tires to stabilize all components.
The vulcanization of a tire for an average car takes about 15 minutes: 10 to 5 for the outside and the inside. The visit of Cataroux is not yet complete, because there is still an interesting Aventure Michelin, the museum of the factory. It was completely renovated in 2004 and occurs on multiple levels in seven exhibition spaces that correspond to the topics "Mobility in 1890 - The arrival of the rubber in Clermont," "Traveling in the air - The rubber is the future," " A genius for advertising - The Michelin tires are drunk obstacles, "" The world on paper - Follow the guide, thank you, "" The revolution radial - The Michelin on everything that moves "," The importance of rubber - The encyclopedia of the tire "and" Mysteries of the room air ...
- A tire inexhaustible. " We are on the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand, now in open country. What Ladoux is one of five sites around the world which refer directly to the technical center Michelin. It employs 3,500 people and covers an area of 450 hectares with offices, laboratories and workshops and above all with 19 runs for a total of 41 km in length for the tests of grip, noise, comfort, durability and.
The center was founded in 1965, when the first tests were made of tire wear, here and now spends most of which € 500 million the company spends annually on research. And always here every year, we consume more than 70 thousand tires for testing. Research, development and industrialization are the cornerstones of the activity that takes place at a rapid pace in Ladoux.
The only production is to test tires and covers the Bugatti Veyron. 
In the area there are about eighty and Clermont stands right in front of the Puy de Dome, the highest crater that dominates all. But the true symbol of Clermont-Ferrand is the legendary Bibendum, in Italy known simply as the "Michelin Man". Because here, in 1889, the brothers André and Edouard Michelin joined companies in order to found the eponymous factory.
From that moment on it will be unbelievable and unstoppable rise to success and the success in the global tire industry. Inevitably, then, that the city of Clermont-Ferrand - the end result of Clermont and Montferrand and currently hosts more than 300 thousand inhabitants - living completely in the shade of the big factory.
The relationship between Michelin and the land is solid and very friendly. The company has always contributed to its development: there are houses built for employees, the stadium is named after Marcel Michelin, many works and public initiatives are supported by giant rubber. Michelin has always maintained here the hearts and minds of its activities.
The headquarters is located in the complex of Les Carmes, then there is the industrial plant Cataroux and finally the department of research and development of Ladoux. The structure is almost anonymous. A large building that grows in width rather than height. Yet the brainy Michelin works in these rooms.
Inside is strictly forbidden to photograph, applies the most absolute secrecy. At the helm of the company there are three managers: Michel Rollier, Didier Miraton and Jean-Dominique Senard. Below them work the Board of Directors consists of 7 members, in turn assisted by a team of 8 supervisors.
All strategies start from here to enable the four main product lines are supported by one technical center is divided in 5 plants in Europe, North America and Asia. Clermont-Ferrand is the hub of the eight geographical areas in which we operate Michelin: Europe, Eastern Europe, North and South America, Africa-India-Middle East, Australia, China, Japan-Korea.
Between modernity and innovation, Les Carmes not forget, however, the ancient origins, symbolized by the presence of a part of the first industrial plant built in the second half of the 800 Michelin. Also interesting is that the Serra, with a large window, facing outside the main building.
A true botanical greenhouse in which they are bred several rare species of tropical plants from which we extract the latex, the basic raw material for the formation of gum and then the tires. This is the main system of Clermont-Ferrand. Activated in 1920, today comprises 50 hectares of land and employs about 2500 employees.
Few compared with more than 100 thousand that Michelin all over the world, but a good portion of which there are 12 thousand in Clermont-Ferrand. A Cataroux we study and implement the manufacturing processes and industrialization, there is a department of research and development focused on synthetic rubber (natural latex is an exhaustible resource), there are offices of computerization and administration.
There is even the real production. From Cataroux every year out 465mila tires. And tires. The 5% of these high-end of the range, are those for 60 thousand and 350 thousand classic cars are those "valuable" for competition, true pride of Michelin. Among the latter, over 8,000 are built specifically for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Currently, the production of tires is almost completely automated and robotized. The controls, however, are careful and take place under the eyes of people who analyze the human individual units discarding defective ones. For the production of special tires - such as competition - the process is entirely controlled by man.
Each tire is "assembled" by skilled workers according to a procedure that looks like a ritual. The new workers are trained in the halls of the Ecole du Pneu, where you learn the exact sequences that lead to the creation of the famous and irreplaceable object round and black. It is essentially a process divided into three phases, each of which adopts a specific machinery.
With the PAP is prepared by applying the layers of the tire products that form the body. With the SNB inflating the carcass assembly proceeds to apply the external metal rings and then applying the tread. The final process is the curing, the actual firing of tires to stabilize all components.
The vulcanization of a tire for an average car takes about 15 minutes: 10 to 5 for the outside and the inside. The visit of Cataroux is not yet complete, because there is still an interesting Aventure Michelin, the museum of the factory. It was completely renovated in 2004 and occurs on multiple levels in seven exhibition spaces that correspond to the topics "Mobility in 1890 - The arrival of the rubber in Clermont," "Traveling in the air - The rubber is the future," " A genius for advertising - The Michelin tires are drunk obstacles, "" The world on paper - Follow the guide, thank you, "" The revolution radial - The Michelin on everything that moves "," The importance of rubber - The encyclopedia of the tire "and" Mysteries of the room air ...
- A tire inexhaustible. " We are on the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand, now in open country. What Ladoux is one of five sites around the world which refer directly to the technical center Michelin. It employs 3,500 people and covers an area of 450 hectares with offices, laboratories and workshops and above all with 19 runs for a total of 41 km in length for the tests of grip, noise, comfort, durability and.
The center was founded in 1965, when the first tests were made of tire wear, here and now spends most of which € 500 million the company spends annually on research. And always here every year, we consume more than 70 thousand tires for testing. Research, development and industrialization are the cornerstones of the activity that takes place at a rapid pace in Ladoux.
The only production is to test tires and covers the Bugatti Veyron.
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