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The Managing Partners run the Company and report on their
management activities to the Annual Shareholders Meeting.
The Supervisory Board is responsible for ongoing supervision
of the Company’s management on behalf of Shareholders.
They are assisted by the Group Executive Council (GEC),
which meets every month.
The GEC comprises ten members drawn from among the heads
of the Group Services, the Product Lines, the Technology Center
and the Zones.
Michelin is organized into:
• 9 Product Lines each with its own marketing, development,
production and sales resources.
• 11 Group Services responsible for such functions as purchasing,
personnel, accounting and so forth...
• 5 Zones: Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Pacific Rim,
Africa and Middle East.
• 1 Technology Center with facilities in Europe, the United States and Asia.
• 2 Product distribution networks.
Strategy Fundamentals Businesses • Earnings 10•11
Management
Group Structure • The Managing Partners and GEC Members
visiting a new facility at the Technology Center:
a track with unmatched layout and an optimized
watering system to carry out performance tests
on wet surfaces.