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innovation, is one of the essential values of the company, and is at the heart of everything we do.
6 600 people worldwide Annual budget: 656 million 7 R&D centers around the world 11600 active patents covering tyre design and manufacturing 100 specific competencies in 3 domains: materiel, tyre, performance
They work hard every day to find the recipes that will improve tyre safety, durability, ride and other performance features, while helping to make them 100% sustainable by 2050.
Michelin s innovation priorities are to:
bring new product lines to market more quickly for MICHELIN and other Group brands. continuously improve performance so that each new range outperforms the previous generation. develop breakthrough innovations to develop totally new solutions to mobility challenges.
Investment in the Michelin Research Center in Ladoux, France
The inauguration of the new Urbalad building kicked off the project to upgrade the worldwide research center in Ladoux, France, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. By 2018, some 270 million has been invested to boost the center s innovation potential.
Concentrated expertise 3,400 staff More than 350 different specialized jobs
450 hectares surface, among which 380 hectares of test tracks Access areas and cultivated land 79 buildings comprising 174,420 m² 21 test tracks