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Michelin Malaysia Outlines 2018 Milestones and Future Plans
Michelin Malaysia shared its key 2018 milestones, busi- ness activities and future plans with the local media during a re- cent press event.
“Michelin has been with the Malaysian - tered the market, Michelin Malaysia focused on the importation, marketing, distribution and sales of Michelin tyres for cars, trucks and buses, and motor- cycles. This included the BFGoodrich the local market in 2016,” said Pascal Nouvellon, Managing Director for Mi- chelin in Malaysia, Singapore, Indone- sia and Brunei.
The company recorded a 6-per cent growth in tyre deliveries despite the challenging business environment. Of this, car, bus and truck tyres contrib- uted to 85 per cent of total deliveries while motorcycles tyres contributed to 15 per cent.
“We also provided tyre and vehicle services through a nationwide net- work of 200 distributors, including Tyreplus, Michelin Service Centres and Michelin Truck Service Centres, of which 54 were Tyreplus outlets, in a customer satisfaction survey we con- ducted wherein Michelin was the most
recommended tyre brand among 8 other tyre brands. We also earned the Silver award in the Putra Brand Awards for the most preferred brand in the Automotive Fuel & Lubricants category.”
Being a committed world leader to road safety, he continued, improv- ing road safety for everyone was
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Pascal Nouvellon, Managing Director for Michelin Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei
