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Day: July 29, 2025

tyre innovation

The Invention that Changed Tires Forever: Michelin’s Steel-Belted Radial

Story   June 4 1946, Michelin patents the modern steel belted radial tire Paolo Ferrini 11:00 A.M., Thursday June the 4th 1946,  a Michelin employee walks into the Paris Patent Office located in Rue de Leningrad (now Rue de Saint Petersburg), carrying a rather bulky set