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Registration of Michelin

Name: Registration of Michelin
Start: 1889-05-28
Location: Clermont-Ferrand

When: 1889-05-28
Where: Clermont-Ferrand
Part of: Event of 1889: Rubber tire company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin in Cler

Barbier-Daubrée was reincorporated and renamed as Michelin on 28 May 1889, following the brothers' takeover of the struggling farm implement business.

The event marks the formal establishment of the Michelin company. Édouard and André Michelin took over Barbier Daubrée, a business founded in 1832 in Clermont-Ferrand. The specific date of 28 May 1889 is cited as the moment of reincorporation and renaming.

Sources

Michelin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-25

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