MICHELIN CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST RADIAL TRUCK TYRE
Stoke-on-Trent – October 25, 2012Michelin is pleased to announce the 60th anniversary of the introduction of radial truck tyres in 1952. The launch of the first Michelin X Radial truck tyre helped to transform the road transport industry, which until then was using cross-ply tyres. The introduction of radials made trucking safer and more efficient – and incited other manufacturers to pursue the same path. In 2011, radial tyres accounted for 100 per cent of the Western European truck tyre market. Michelin researcher Marius Mignol invented the first Michelin X steel radial tyre for