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==Other products== [[File:Michelin map nr 4 of 1940.jpg|thumb|Michelin map nr 4 (South Belgium) of 1940]] ===Tyre retailer=== Michelin operates tyre retail and distribution in Europe under Euromaster and Blackcircles<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michelin Distribution Networks |url=https://www.michelin.co.uk/distribution |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.michelin.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> brands, and in the US with its wholly owned subsidiary TCI Tire Centers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tirecenters.com/contactus/contactus.cfm |title=TCI® Tire Centers :: Contact Us |publisher=tirecenters.com |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214003829/http://www.tirecenters.com/contactus/contactus.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> TCI tire centers was folded into NTW, when Michelin partnered with Sumitomo to form the entity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Bruce |date=January 22, 2018 |title=Michelin, TBC to combine wholesale businesses |url=https://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20180122/ISSUE/180129994/michelin-tbc-to-combine-wholesale-businesses |website=Tire Business}}</ref> The company also manages its own e-commerce store, michelinman.com. ===Tour guides=== {{main|Michelin Guide}} Michelin has long published two guidebook series, the Red Guides for Hotels and Restaurants, and the Green Guides for tourism. It now publishes several additional guides, as well as digital maps and guide products. The [[city map]]s in both the Red and the Green guides are of high quality, and are linked to the smaller-scale road maps.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} ===Maps=== Michelin publishes a variety of road [[map]]s, mostly of France but also of other European countries, countries in Africa, [[Thailand]] and the United States. They have recently embarked on e-commerce selling Michelin maps and guides directly to the public through, for example, their UK website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michelin.co.uk/travel|title=Michelin.co.uk|access-date=13 July 2006|archive-date=23 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923190827/http://www.michelin.co.uk/travel/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Michelin roadmaps were reproduced in England for the Allied invasion during [[World War II]]. In 1940, the Germans also reproduced the 1938 edition of Michelin maps for the invasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cartesmich.free.fr/ww2_a.php|title=The Michelin maps of the Second World War|website=cartesmich.free.fr|access-date=7 December 2012|archive-date=28 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828112401/http://cartesmich.free.fr/ww2_a.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Online mapping=== {{Main|ViaMichelin}} ViaMichelin is a wholly owned subsidiary of Michelin Group, and was started in 2001, to represent Michelin's digital mapping services. As of August 2008, ViaMichelin generates 400 million maps and routes per month on its main website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viamichelin.com|title=ViaMichelin: Michelin route planner and maps, restaurants, traffic news and hotel booking|website=www.viamichelin.com|access-date=13 April 2009|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430155945/https://www.viamichelin.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> ViaMichelin provides mapping for internet, mobile and satellite navigation products with street level coverage of Europe, USA, Australia, and parts of Asia and South America. === Michelin Challenge Bibendum / Movin'On (since 2017) === The [[Michelin Challenge Bibendum]] is a major [[sustainable mobility]] event.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} ===Michelin Truck and Bus=== [[File:Citroen_Mille_Pattes_1972.JPG|thumb|The [[Michelin PLR]], a 1972 mobile tyre evaluation machine, based on the ''[[Citroën DS]] Break'']] In 1952, 6 years after Michelin patented its Radial Casing, Michelin adapted the radial technology to truck tyres.<ref>[http://transport.michelin.com.au/ Michelin Truck and Bus Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014151903/http://transport.michelin.com.au/ |date=14 October 2012 }}</ref>
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