Dunlop GRG Division
Note: This is a sub-section of Dunlop Rubber Co
The General Rubber Goods Division of Dunlop, of Manchester.
1925 Dunlop Rubber Co acquired Charles Macintosh and Co[1] as part of its strategy to broaden the business into general rubber goods trade
1933 the General Rubber Goods Division was one of the 4 divisions of Dunlop.
By 1966 was manufacturer of a wide range of rubber-based products for industry including printers' blankets and rubber-to-metal bonded components for industry; a new factory was built at Skelmersdale[2]
1966 Acquired USI Oil Seals and incorporated the plant and activities from Warrington in the new Skelmersdale factory (see advert)[3]
1967 In a joint venture with Dracone Developments, with funding from the National Research Development Corporation, Dunlop had produced the Dracone barge, a flexible towable vessel for transporting liquids by sea[4]
1968 Made the flexible skirts for the SR.N4 hovercraft[5]
1969 The Chemline Services unit had developed a novel anti-corrosion product[6]
1974 Major rise in sales achieved, including printers' blankets, solid tyres for fork lift trucks, low loaders and rotary plant, and marine safety equipment[7]