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Dunlop Tires - Dunlop ATV Tires - Dunlop Street Tires
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Being one of the oldest tire companies to date, Dunlop Tires assure you quality and satisfaction. Here, we supply Dunlop Mud Tires at extreme LOW PRICES. Don't be sucked into believing all the hyper of the technology and the new tire companies. Just because Dunlop tires is one of the oldest, it is still keeping up to date with the advancements being made to tires, PLUS it has the years of experience to produce a quality product. |
Dunlop is a British company owned 75% by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and 25% by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which sells Dunlop branded road tires in succession to the Dunlop Rubber Company.
Dunlop Company traced its origins to 1889. Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Ltd was formed in Oriel House, Dublin to acquire and commercialize John Dunlop's patent for pneumatic tyres. This was the period of the bicycle boom. In 1896 Dunlop registered a trademark and incorporated a subsidiary in England. Initially the company subcontracted manufacture, but by 1902 it had its own manufacturing subsidiary, Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd, in Birmingham, England.
In 1900, Dunlop started production of tires for motor cars. The company continued its expansion, and in 1918 production started at the new plant at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham. By 1920 the company had selling subsidiaries or branches in South Africa, South America, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and India, manufacturing operations in France, Japan and the USA, and rubber plantations in Malaya and Ceylon.
In 1985, Dunlop Rubber was taken over by BTR plc, and Sumitomo acquired the rights to manufacture and market Dunlop branded road tires. In 1997 Sumitomo gained agreement to use the Dunlop name in its corporate name, and changed the name of its UK subsidiary to Dunlop Tyres Ltd.
In 1999 Sumitomo and Goodyear entered into a joint venture, by which Sumitomo continued to manufacture all Japanese-made tyres under the Dunlop name, while Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought 75% of the European and North American tyre businesses of Sumitomo.
The company has extensive manufacturing operations throughout the world. With the closure of the Washington plant in 2006, Goodyear Dunlop ceased mainstream car and lorry tyre production in the UK. |
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