Michelin helps air ambulance
EMPLOYEES at tyre-maker Michelin have voted to raise money for Midlands Air Ambulance throughout 2011. Workers at the firm's base in Stoke will be running a recycling scheme all this month which will...
View ArticleMichelin staff drive the safety message home
STAFF at a tyre-maker are to be given road safety tips. Employees at Michelin's Stoke site will don beer goggles for a drink driving simulation using a games console and find out the results of a...
View ArticleMichelin staff try out some beer goggles
ROAD SAFETY: Michelin employees put on 'beer goggles' to mark the launch of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety initiative. Staff at the firm's Campbell Road site in Stoke were asked to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
£20m boost to help save 400 jobs at factory
THE first tyres have rolled off the production line at Michelin after the initial phase of a £20 million upgrade was completed.Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk visited the French tyre...
View ArticleMichelin's 10 years of help
TYRE-MAKER Michelin is celebrating 10 years of supporting community projects in Stoke-on-Trent. The company, which employs around 1,000 people in Stoke, set up its corporate social responsibility...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michelin retirement party photography was a welcome find for me
MADAM, – The enclosed photograph was taken at Michelin Tyre Company in the 1950s.It commemorates a retirement party.The picture shows the Building 14 staff and workers.My name is John (Jack) Buckley...
View Article'Great to get stuck in with colleagues'
Guy Heywood, commercial director of Michelin's truck tyre division, said: "I do a little bit of DIY, but not too much, so coming out here today has been a really interesting change of pace."It's been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Students learn safer driving techniques on Mini simulator
SAFETY FIRST: Michelin staff took Keele University students for a virtual spin as part of their campaign to teach young people safer driving techniques.The tyre manufacturer visited Keele Students'...
View ArticleWay We Were: Michelin engineers reunion
MADAM, – A reunion for Michelin engineers will take place at the Michelin Sports Club, in Trent Vale, on Friday, November 22, at 7pm.MICHAEL HARDING HanleyWhat are your memories of Michelin?Send...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michelin wins Pension Quality Mark for fourth year in a row
TYRE manufacturer Michelin has retained its Pension Quality Mark for the fourth year running.The award recognises Michelin's commitment to helping employees save for retirement through a defined...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Athletics: Michelin athletics legend Reg Ferneyhough prepares...
AS a youth, Reg Ferneyhough's most regular running was to his Royal Navy base during the Second World War.The Michelin Running Club president, from Hanford, turns 90 on Saturday, when he will receive...
View ArticleBusiness: Longton mould manufacturer achieves growth objectives...
PATTERN-MAKER SPB Moulds is preparing to invest in the latest equipment and technology following its move to new premises with support from a business loan scheme.The Longton firm says it has achieved...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stoke-based Michelin Development supports 11 North Staffordshire...
SMALL businesses in North Staffordshire are growing in confidence and developing ambitious expansion plans, according to an enterprise support scheme.Michelin Development provided low-cost funding and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Employees past and present urged to help wade through Michelin's...
FORMER and current Michelin employees are wanted to trawl through thousands of the firm's documents.The tyre giant has handed its treasure chest of documents – including photographs, newsletters,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pupils' feast of ideas leave judges 'blown away'
A LUNCHBOX that keeps food hot and a meal tray that rewards fussy eaters were among the inventions pupils designed for an engineering competition.Entrepreneurial schoolchildren from 23 schools across...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ford returns to Le Mans with Michelin 50 years after first win
MICHELIN has been chosen by Ford as its exclusive tyre partner when it returns to the Le Mans 24 Hours next year when it hopes to have four of its new GT racer at the French round-the-clock...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Way We Were: Staff gather to celebrate long service for...
SPOT any faces you recognise in these two photographs of Michelin staff in the 1980s?The pictures have been submitted by Molly McNally, a former employee of the tyre company, in Stoke. The larger of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Way We Were: Erika blended in with the lads at Michelin
AS ONE of the first women to join Michelin in Stoke as an engineering apprentice, Erika Smith recalls colleagues looking her up and down and inquiring: "Excuse me, duck, but are you a girl?""I started...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Way We Were: Memories of a 45-year career at Michelin
WHEN Frank Amison started work at Michelin in Stoke aged 15, he had only planned on staying at the tyre company for 12 months.But a year turned into a lifelong career for the now retired 67-year-old,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michelin announces factory closure and investment in Stoke-on-Tre...
A £12 million investment is being made by tyre maker Michelin in Stoke-on-Trent as the firm announced the closure of its Northern Ireland plant with the loss of 860 jobs.The modernisation of the...
View Article
