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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedThe brothers who seized an opportunity; Andre Michelin (1853-1931), Edouard Michelin (1859-1940).
Automotive News Europe, December, 2001
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The roots of Michelin go back to 1832. Aristide Barbier, the maternal grandfather of Edouard and Andre Michelin, joined his cousin Edouard Daubree in setting up a rubber and agricultural goods company in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
After the founders died the company went into decline, suffering from years of poor management. By 1886, when 33-year-old Andre Michelin took over the firm, it was collapsing.
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Andre was determined to save the company, though he knew little about rubber. He was a brilliant engineer, but he specialized in architecture and had his own metal framework firm ...
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