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Dunlop
Tires
Dunlop Tires
Dunlop
Tires was founded in 1888 by John Boyd Dunlop
after he invented the modern pneumatic inflatable
tire. Its first factory opened in Dublin in 1889.
Today Dunlop is a brand owned by the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company and Sumitomo Rubber
Industries.
There still
remains a specialized manufacturing site on the
original Fort Dunlop factory site in Erdington,
England, which opened in 1891, and which produces
vintage, motorcycle and touring car
tires.
During the
1970s, Dunlop pioneered the world's first 'fail
safe' tires, permitting a vehicle to continue
moving safely even following a blowout.
The Dunlop
brand is used for sports equipment, and separately
owned companies continue to make products such as
aerospace tires and brakes under this name.
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