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 in 2014 followed by another in Melbourne in 2015. Currently, GRI is one of the major tire manufacturers operating in Sri Lanka. GRI’s main products are Material Handling tires; a tire used on material handling equipment such as forklifts. These tires are produced using natural rubber compounds, which have properties of high-heat dissipation, high run-time and low rolling resistance . GRI also produces tires required for agricultural purposes which are used in farming vehicles especially those in tractors and harvesters. Agricultural tires are unique in aspects of tread pattern & high-load carrying capacity. Other tires produced by GRI include Industrial