Palmer Tyre



Palmers Cord Tyres of Thames House, Millbank, London, SW1
of Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC (1914)
of 100 - 106 Cannon Street, London E.C.4. (1927)
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1895 The company was registered on 14 March. [1]
Acquired a licence to the Bartlett-Clincher patent for pneumatic tyres[2]
1896 The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd acquired the Clincher patents from Palmer Tyre Ltd[3].
1914 Manufacturers of Palmer tyres. Specialities: the famous Palmer cord tyres and other Palmer tyres for motor cars, motor cycles and ordinary cycles. [4]
1927 Stand No.96 at the 1927 Motor Cycle and Cycle Show at Olympia
1933 British Goodrich Rubber Co acquired India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Co including its selling subsidiary Palmer Tyre Co. Palmer tyres for motor vehicles, aircraft and cycles were then made by the parent which became British Tyre and Rubber Co and marketed by Palmer.
1937 Manufacturers and suppliers of tyres, wheels and braking equipment for aircraft. "Palmer" Tyres, Wheels and Braking Equipment. [5]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1954 Palmer Tyre, Ltd,, The Design and manufacture of aircraft tyres, wheels and brakes; helicopter accessories ; hydraulic and pneumatic mechanisms; reducing valves and filters; fireproof hose units: rubber sundries; test facilities. Directors: P. W. Howard; J. K. Davies; F. J. Tarris; A. G. Brown {Secretary). Senior Executives: F. J. Tarris (Works), A. T. Laws {Sales, Flexible Pipe Divn.), H. D. Burke {Sales, General Aircraft Divn.). Head Office: Herga House, Vincent Square, London, S.W.L T.: Victoria 8323. Cables: Palmertyr London. Codes: Bentley’s, Marconi, A.B.C. 5th and 6th. Works and Aero Sales: Penfold Street, Edgware Road, London, N.W.8. T.: Paddington 8822-6. T.A.: Palmertyr Maida London. Associated Companies: British Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd.; The India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., etc.[6]
1957 Name changed to Palmer Aero Products.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times Mar. 28, 1899
- ↑ The North-Eastern Daily Gazette, 11 May 1896
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
