You may know Clermont-Ferrand-based Michelin as one of the three largest tire manufacturers in the world, but the 112k-employee-strong company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides (responsible for the famous “Michelin star”), maps, and road atlases. Still, manufacturing is at the heart of this global conglomerate, with 68 production facilities in 17 countries, along with R&D centers across three continents. It should be no surprise, then, that this tire giant is getting into metal 3D printing.
On September 4th, Michelin formed a joint business with a company called Fives, a 200-year-old industrial engineering group, that will develop metal 3D printing with Michelin and Fives each owning 50% of the company. …
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