ABE reports on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first earthmover radial tyre by Michelin

Reinventing the wheel

The shortage of earthmover tyres has been regularly reported in the news recently, but 50 years ago such tyres were hitting the headlines for very different reasons. It was in 1959 that Michelin introduced the XR tyre - the first radial tyres for earthmoving equipment - and took tyres for construction equipment into a new era...