In nineteen eighty seven, John Dunlop invented the first ever pneumatic, inflatable tyre for his son's bike, tested it himself and finally patented it in 1988. However, sadly for John Dunlop the patent was later deemed invalid due to an earlier patent filed in France and the USA some forty years early. That didn't stop Dunlop from developing tyres though and in nineteen eighty nine the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company was formed to commercialise John Dunlops work.Tyre sales boomed and the company grew into an international force. While financial problems let to the sale of certain international elements of the business, Dunlop had a strong hold on the UK market until around 1925 when foreign companies started to compete in the UK. As such Dunlop moved quickly to diversify.
Acquiring the Charles Macintosh Group, the Dunlop brand was given to clothing and footwear. In Wales, for example, trainers are still referred to as D.A.P.s, which is purported to refer to the acronym for Dunlop Athletic Plimsolls. Here began Dunlop's step towards sportswear and fashion.Tennis played a big part in the development of the Dunlop brand's association with sports goods. The manufacture of tennis rackets began around 1929 and continues to this day along with their production of Dunlop tennis balls. While Dunlop Holdings' sale to BTR Plc in 1985 meant that Dunlop Sport was combined with Slazenger, it will never detract from the amazing history that Dunlop has had in sports.
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