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Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

FRANCE, PUY DE DOME (63) CLERMONT-FERRAND, VIEW OF SMOKESTACKS, MICHELIN'S FACTORY Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michelin Closing Another 2 Plants In Europe

Undated file photo of Michelin’s logo and bibendum. Michelin is to close its Cholet and Vannes plants in France by early 2026 at the latest. The company announced this planned measure to the two facilities’ 1,254 employees this morning. When added to the approximately 1,500 employees at three locations in Germany, where operations will cease by the end of 2025, Michelin has announced some 2,750 job cuts within Europe in the past year. Photo by Lafabregue/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Michelin's Hiroshima guidebook

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas (L), the president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., holds a press conference in the city of Hiroshima on Nov. 22, 2012. The publisher of the Michelin Guide said the same day it will publish a new guidebook in the spring of 2013 giving ratings to restaurants and hotels specifically in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Michelin's Hiroshima guidebook

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas (L), the president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., meets Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki at the prefectural government office in Hiroshima on Nov. 22, 2012. The publisher of the Michelin Guide said the same day it will publish a new guidebook in the spring of 2013 giving ratings to restaurants and hotels specifically in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Michelin Guide for Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Chefs pose for photos during an event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 10, 2012, after four restaurants including a sushi bar and French restaurants were awarded three-star ratings in Michelin's first restaurant and hotel guide dedicated to Hokkaido.

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Michelin Green Guide Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tetsushi Morita (C), a senior official of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., the Japanese arm of the French tire company Michelin, and Michelin Man, the mascot character of the tire maker, pose with Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (L) in Wakayama on May 13, 2011. A new version of Michelin's travel guide Green Guide Japan, which includes the historic Kumano Kodo route in Wakayama Prefecture, a UNESCO World Heritage site, hit bookstores in France on the same day.

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Michelin's Tokyo restaurant guide to cover Yokohama, Kamakura

TOKYO, Japan - Bernardo Delmas, president of Michelin's Japanese unit, holds a sample of Michelin's new Tokyo restaurant guide during a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Michelin announced the publication of its new Tokyo restaurant guide in November to cover the Yokohama and Kamakura areas near Tokyo.

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Countdown party held for Michelin's 1st Tokyo guidebook

TOKYO, Japan - A countdown party celebrating the issuance of Michelin's first Tokyo guidebook was held in Tokyo's fashionable Roppongi district around midnight on Nov. 21. The guidebook, which presents photos and introductory essays on 150 restaurants in Tokyo including eight top three-star rated Japanese and French restaurants as well as reviews of 28 hotels, hit the stands on Nov. 22 at a price of 2,310 yen.

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Michelin Plans To Cut 530 Jobs

Michelin will cut 530 jobs and plans to retire 670 people in the first year of its "simplification and competitiveness plan", its management said on Wednesday. The plan, announced in early January, calls for 2,300 job cuts from 17,000 employees in France over three years, with no forced departures ---- File - French tyre manufacturer Michelin's stand at the Mondial de l'Automobile held in Paris, France from September 25 to October 10, 2004. Photo by Valerian Wagner/ABACA. (Credit:Wagner Valerian/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan-linked restaurants in Michelin's inaugural guide on Singapore

Masakazu Ishibashi (L), chef of sushi restaurant Shoukouwa, and Chen Kentaro (C), executive chef of Chinese restaurant Shisen Hanten, pose after being awarded Michelin two-star ratings in Singapore on July 21, 2016. The French tire maker released its first-ever guide on Singapore-based restaurants the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Countdown party held for Michelin's 1st Tokyo guidebook

TOKYO, Japan - A countdown party celebrating the issuance of Michelin's first Tokyo guidebook was held in Tokyo's fashionable Roppongi district around midnight on Nov. 21. The guidebook, which presents photos and introductory essays on 150 restaurants in Tokyo including eight top three-star rated Japanese and French restaurants as well as reviews of 28 hotels, hit the stands on Nov. 22 at a price of 2,310 yen. (Kyodo)

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Michelin Green Guide Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tetsushi Morita (C), a senior official of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., the Japanese arm of the French tire company Michelin, and Michelin Man, the mascot character of the tire maker, pose with Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (L) in Wakayama on May 13, 2011. A new version of Michelin's travel guide Green Guide Japan, which includes the historic Kumano Kodo route in Wakayama Prefecture, a UNESCO World Heritage site, hit bookstores in France on the same day. (Kyodo)

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Michelin's Tokyo restaurant guide to cover Yokohama, Kamakura

TOKYO, Japan - Bernardo Delmas, president of Michelin's Japanese unit, holds a sample of Michelin's new Tokyo restaurant guide during a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2010. Michelin announced the publication of its new Tokyo restaurant guide in November to cover the Yokohama and Kamakura areas near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Michelin Guide for Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Chefs pose for photos during an event in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 10, 2012, after four restaurants including a sushi bar and French restaurants were awarded three-star ratings in Michelin's first restaurant and hotel guide dedicated to Hokkaido. (Kyodo)