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Michelin is a French tire manufacturer and inventor of the radial[?] design used by nearly all modern tyres. Expanded into map making and travel guides.

Owned the car maker Citroën between 19?? and 1976. The company is based in the town of Clermont-Ferrand in France's Auvergne region.

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