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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is a tyre-manufacturing company in
Birmingham, England
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...
, that claims to be world's only specialist aircraft tyre manufacturer and retreader, for aircraft landing gear
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for takeoff or landing. For aircraft it is generally needed for both. It was also formerly called ''alighting gear'' by some manufacturers, such as the Glenn L. Martin ...
(also known as undercarriage).
History
It was established in 1910 as part ofDunlop Rubber
Dunlop Ltd. (formerly Dunlop Rubber) was a British multinational company involved in the manufacture of various natural rubber goods. Its business was founded in 1889 by Harvey du Cros and he involved John Boyd Dunlop who had re-invented and ...
, the initial company which itself had been founded by John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish-born inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his c ...
, a Scottish vet, in 1889.
It was Dunlop, the original company, who designed the brakes for Concorde
The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Studies started in 1954, and France an ...
and had also invented Maxaret
Dunlop's Maxaret was the first anti-lock braking system (ABS) to be widely used. Introduced in the early 1950s, Maxaret was rapidly taken up in the aviation world, after testing found a 30% reduction in stopping distances, and the elimination of ...
, the world's first anti-lock braking system (ABS), in the early 1950s which improved stopping distances for aircraft. Michelin introduced the first aircraft radial tyre, the Air X, in 1981.
In 1996 it became an independent company.
In July 2011 DATL was awarded a The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export), for six years of export growth.
Structure
It is situated nearFort Dunlop
Fort Dunlop (), is the common name of the original tyre factory and main office of Dunlop Rubber in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England. It was established in 1917, and by 1954 the entire factory area employed 10,000 workers. At one ti ...
in Birmingham, between the M6 and A38. The Managing Director is Ian Edmondson.
The company also has after-market service centres and retreading factories in China and in the US.
Products
It can supply tyres for over 300 different types of aircraft in the civil and military markets. 80% of its products are exported.See also
* Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom *Dunlop (brands)
Dunlop is a brand of tyre originally produced by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company from the end of the 19th century, taking its name from John Boyd Dunlop. The brand is used for many other products made from rubber or with rubber components a ...
* List of aircraft tire companies
References
External links
* {{Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom Tyre manufacturers of England Aircraft component manufacturers of the United Kingdom Aircraft undercarriage Manufacturing companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands Manufacturing companies established in 1910