Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd, general
Other Business Names:
- Dunlop, John B
- Du Cros, W Harvey
- Pneumatic Tyre & Booth's Cycle Agency
- Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd
- Hooley, Ernest
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd
- Macintosh, Charles, & Co Ltd
- Fort Dunlop
- BTR Plc
- Wilson, Arthur James
- Dunlop Holdings Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Finsbury, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Malaysia
- Sri Lanka
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Aeroengines & components production
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Footwear & footwear components production
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Outerwear & underwear production
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Agriculture & fishing
Plantation management, rubber
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Rubber & plastic products manufacture
Rubber products inc tyre manufacture
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Sports equipment production
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Wooden furniture production inc upholstery, mattress, mirror, etc
Notes:
Traced origins to 1889 when John B Dunlop and W Harvey du Cros floated the Pneumatic Tyre & Booth's Cycle Agency to acquire, inter alia, Dunlop's patent for the pneumatic tyre. 1894 known as Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd and in 1896 sold to Ernest Hooley who floated the business as Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd. Initially made tyres for bicycles, later motor cars and early on based in Clerkenwell, London. Reorganised 1900 as Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd and rapidly emerged as a leading UK business with extensive overseas operations. Acquired rubber plantations in Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Diversified into other rubber products after 1918 including footwear and clothing through acquisition in 1925 of Charles Macintosh & Co Ltd, tyres and other components for aircraft, sports goods such as golf balls, mattresses, etc. Major manufacturing plant at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, opened 1916 and which sometime employed 10,000. In decline from 1970s and 1985, as Dunlop Holdings Plc, acquired by BTR Plc. In its early days Arthur James Wilson, 1858-1945, played an important management role; he was notable on account of being deaf and for his support of charities for the deaf and of the Cycle & Motor Trades Benevolent Fund
Publications:
- 1939 ... 1945. The part played in these momentous years by the Dunlop organisation by Unknown
- 50 Years of Growth by Unknown
- 'Age of factories. The rise and fall of manufacturing in South Wales, 1945-1985' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Gooberman, Leon, & Ben Curtis
- Arthur James Wilson, otherwise Faed, 1858-1945 by Dimmock, Arthur F
- Built for a Better Future. The Brynmawr Rubber Factory by Perry, Victoria
- Commerce in Rubber. The first 250 years by Coates, Austin
- Development of a Great Industry, 1888-1920. The Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd by Unknown
- Dunlop. A brief history by Unknown
- Dunlop Anti Corrosion Rubber by Unknown
- Dunlop Archive Journal by Unknown
- 'Dunlop in Birmingham. The making of an industrial empire' in A Tilson (ed), Made in Birmingham by Skinner, Joan S
- Dunlop in Industry by Unknown
- 'Dunlop' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- Dunlop in War and Peace by Storrs, Ronald H A
- Dunlop Organisation by Unknown
- Dunlop Research. Makes things better for everyone by Unknown
- Dunlop Story. The life, death and re-birth of a multinational by McMillan, James
- Dunlopera. The works and workings of the Dunlop Rubber Company by Jennings, Paul F
- Fort Dunlop Remembered by Dukes, Chris
- Growth and performance of British multinational firms before 1939. The case of Dunlop by Jones, Geoffrey
- Growth and relative decline of the North British Rubber Co, 1856-1956 by French, Michael
- History and Development of Fort Dunlop, 1917-45 by Nash, Joanna
- History of the Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd, 1888-1939 by Dunlop, Kathleen E
- Hitting the Brakes. Engineering design and the production of knowledge by Johnson, Ann
- Making Footwear with Rubber by Unknown
- Monopolists and speculators. British investment in West African rubber, 1905-1914 by Munro, J Forbes
- Multinational Companies and the New Competition in a Technologically Static Industry. The case of the rubber manufacturing industry, 1956-1984 by Willis, R A
- 'Multinational expansion of Dunlop, 1890-1939' in G Jones (ed), British Multinationals. Origins, management and performance by Jones, Geoffrey
- 'Performance of British multinational enterprise, 1890-1945' in P Hertner & G Jones (eds), Multinationals. Theory and history by Jones, Geoffrey
- Science of Rubber by Unknown
- Sir Eric Geddes. Business and government in war and peace by Grieves, Keith
- Stars and Markets by Tennyson, Charles B L
- Story of Dunlop through the Reigns by Unknown
- This is Dunlop by Unknown
- This Is Where Rubber Begins by Unknown
- Why do successful companies fail? A case study of the decline of Dunlop by McGovern, Tom
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Dunlop, John B
- Du Cros, W Harvey
- Pneumatic Tyre & Booth's Cycle Agency
- Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd
- Hooley, Ernest
- Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd
- Macintosh, Charles, & Co Ltd
- Fort Dunlop
- BTR Plc
- Wilson, Arthur James
- Dunlop Holdings Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
- Finsbury, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Malaysia
- Sri Lanka
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Aeroengines & components production
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Footwear & footwear components production
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Outerwear & underwear production
- Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, rubber
- Rubber & plastic products manufacture Rubber products inc tyre manufacture
- Luxury / consumer goods production Sports equipment production
- Luxury / consumer goods production Wooden furniture production inc upholstery, mattress, mirror, etc
Notes:
Traced origins to 1889 when John B Dunlop and W Harvey du Cros floated the Pneumatic Tyre & Booth's Cycle Agency to acquire, inter alia, Dunlop's patent for the pneumatic tyre. 1894 known as Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd and in 1896 sold to Ernest Hooley who floated the business as Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd. Initially made tyres for bicycles, later motor cars and early on based in Clerkenwell, London. Reorganised 1900 as Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd and rapidly emerged as a leading UK business with extensive overseas operations. Acquired rubber plantations in Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Diversified into other rubber products after 1918 including footwear and clothing through acquisition in 1925 of Charles Macintosh & Co Ltd, tyres and other components for aircraft, sports goods such as golf balls, mattresses, etc. Major manufacturing plant at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, opened 1916 and which sometime employed 10,000. In decline from 1970s and 1985, as Dunlop Holdings Plc, acquired by BTR Plc. In its early days Arthur James Wilson, 1858-1945, played an important management role; he was notable on account of being deaf and for his support of charities for the deaf and of the Cycle & Motor Trades Benevolent FundPublications:
- 1939 ... 1945. The part played in these momentous years by the Dunlop organisation by Unknown
- 50 Years of Growth by Unknown
- 'Age of factories. The rise and fall of manufacturing in South Wales, 1945-1985' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by Gooberman, Leon, & Ben Curtis
- Arthur James Wilson, otherwise Faed, 1858-1945 by Dimmock, Arthur F
- Built for a Better Future. The Brynmawr Rubber Factory by Perry, Victoria
- Commerce in Rubber. The first 250 years by Coates, Austin
- Development of a Great Industry, 1888-1920. The Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd by Unknown
- Dunlop. A brief history by Unknown
- Dunlop Anti Corrosion Rubber by Unknown
- Dunlop Archive Journal by Unknown
- 'Dunlop in Birmingham. The making of an industrial empire' in A Tilson (ed), Made in Birmingham by Skinner, Joan S
- Dunlop in Industry by Unknown
- 'Dunlop' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- Dunlop in War and Peace by Storrs, Ronald H A
- Dunlop Organisation by Unknown
- Dunlop Research. Makes things better for everyone by Unknown
- Dunlop Story. The life, death and re-birth of a multinational by McMillan, James
- Dunlopera. The works and workings of the Dunlop Rubber Company by Jennings, Paul F
- Fort Dunlop Remembered by Dukes, Chris
- Growth and performance of British multinational firms before 1939. The case of Dunlop by Jones, Geoffrey
- Growth and relative decline of the North British Rubber Co, 1856-1956 by French, Michael
- History and Development of Fort Dunlop, 1917-45 by Nash, Joanna
- History of the Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd, 1888-1939 by Dunlop, Kathleen E
- Hitting the Brakes. Engineering design and the production of knowledge by Johnson, Ann
- Making Footwear with Rubber by Unknown
- Monopolists and speculators. British investment in West African rubber, 1905-1914 by Munro, J Forbes
- Multinational Companies and the New Competition in a Technologically Static Industry. The case of the rubber manufacturing industry, 1956-1984 by Willis, R A
- 'Multinational expansion of Dunlop, 1890-1939' in G Jones (ed), British Multinationals. Origins, management and performance by Jones, Geoffrey
- 'Performance of British multinational enterprise, 1890-1945' in P Hertner & G Jones (eds), Multinationals. Theory and history by Jones, Geoffrey
- Science of Rubber by Unknown
- Sir Eric Geddes. Business and government in war and peace by Grieves, Keith
- Stars and Markets by Tennyson, Charles B L
- Story of Dunlop through the Reigns by Unknown
- This is Dunlop by Unknown
- This Is Where Rubber Begins by Unknown
- Why do successful companies fail? A case study of the decline of Dunlop by McGovern, Tom