Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline" rail car design. Michelin built its first rail car in 1929, and by 1932 had built a fleet of nine cars that all featured innovative and distinctive pneumatic tires. In September 1931, an agreement signed between the two companies allowed Budd to use the new rubber rail tires on its shot-welded, stainless-steel carbodies, and at the same time allowed Michelin to expand into the American market. After building two demonstrators in what
GRI Tires GRI Tires GRI (Global Rubber Industries, Pvt. Ltd.) is a tire manufacturer in Sri Lanka producing industrial and specialty tires for the global market. GRI produces tires for over 50 countries across the world. GRI was established in Sri Lanka in the year 2002 by Prabhash Subasinghe, its current Managing Director. GRI is headquartered in Sri Lanka and operates in six countries including the United States, Germany, France, Netherlands and Australia. The company’s first off-shore sales offices were established in the United States and France in 2003 . It opened its latest sales and service offices in Australia in Brisbane,