motorcycle tire founded france 1853 headquarters paris products tires for bicycles and motorcycles ; and sealing insulation fluid transfer systems revenue 3 462 m operating income unknown net income unknown number of employees 35 000 website www.hutchinsonworldwide.com bicycle with hutchinson tires hutchinson group is a manufacturer with its headquarters located in paris france . it is a subsidiary of total sa . in 1853 hutchinson group was founded by hiram hutchinson though didn t start manufacturing bicycle tires until 1890 having first had eyes on the shoe market under the company compagnie du caoutchouc souple . 1 it has more than 35 000 employees at 96 sites in 23 countries . 2 3 hutchinson introduced tubeless tires for road bicycles in 2006 . 4 5 hutchinson also offers solutions for the aerospace space and rail construction and defense . the main hutchinson brands in these markets are ljf barry controls paulstra . they also produces tires for two wheelers . the four main hutchinson business lines include vibration insulation acoustic and thermal ; sealing ; transfer fluids ; and transmission and mobility . hutchinson is a subsidiary of total . contents 1 history 1.1 late 19th century 1.2 1900 1920 1.3 1930 1960 1.4 1970 1980 2 references 3 external links history edit late 19th century edit in 1853 the american engineer hiram hutchinson met charles goodyear in paris . hutchinson obtained patent for goodyear founded on a technological monopoly with the first factory in langl e near montargis . in 1860 the third plant opened at mannheim germany which feds the central european markets . in 1890 the company began the manufacture of bicycle tires . 1900 1920 edit in 1903 hutchinson diversified their operations within the manufacturing of bicycle tires . hutchinson provides the coated canvas for airplanes and airships . in 1918 hutchinson headquarters moved to the champs lys es in paris . in 1920 hutchinson implemented many sectors including shoes clothing textile automobile motorcycle bicycle heavyweights balloon heels mats belts gaskets for jars . 1930 1960 edit in 1932 the first artificial sponges are invented . in 1934 jean felix paulsen and stratosky former colleagues at citro n founded the company paulstra to develop a method for adhering rubber to metal . in 1948 mapa was formed following the acquisition of a latex plant manufacturing gloves . in 1965 fifteen million pairs of gloves were produced and more than six million were exported in sixty countries . 1970 1980 edit in 1973 hutchinson and mapa merged and jean felix paulsen yielded the company paulstra to hutchinson mapa which was renamed hutchinson in 1981 . in 1974 the company total took majority stake in the company . the new company had 13 500 people in 26 different sites . the hutchinson group based its major markets in automobile industry and the general public . in 1986 hutchinson acquired two major companies le joint fran ais for rubber manufacturing and corduroy rubber compagny antivibration motor activity will mark the beginning of a new international hutchinson . in 1989 the artificial sponges from 1932 took the name spontex . 6 references edit hutchinsonworldwide . hutchinson 160 years of enthusiasm for industry . hutchinsonworldwide.com . hutchinson . retrieved 15 june 2015 . hutchinson worldwide . retrieved 20 march 2011 . hutchinson tires . retrieved 20 march 2011 . pacocha matt . it s show time the doors open at eurobike . velonews . retrieved 20 march 2011 . felton vernon . are tubeless tires worth it . bike magazine . retrieved 14 june 2010 . hutchinsonworldwide . hutchinson http www.hutchinsonworldwide.com group history . retrieved 9 february 2015 . missing or empty title help external links edit official web site v t e french bicycle manufacturers current peugeot cyfac gitane lapierre look louison bobet motob cane solex time v losolex vitus defunct alcyon cl ment corima follis gladiator gnome et rh ne ren herse hurtu matra manufrance mochet olivier brothers stella terrot urago velocar components cl ment tyres hutchinson sa look mafac mavic michelin simplex this french corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hutchinson sa & oldid 744170335 categories tire manufacturerscycle parts manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in pariscompanies established in 1853french brandsfrench company stubshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 15 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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