Pacific Dunlop Limited (1986 - 2002)
- From
- 1986
- To
- 2002
- Website
- http://www.pacdun.com
Summary
Registered in Victoria on Aug 30, 1899, as Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of Australasia Ltd to purchase the Australasian rights from the English company Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd (formed in 1889). The first Australian factory was formed in Melbourne in 1893. In 1905 the name was changed to Dunlop Rubber Company of Australasia Ltd. The merger with Perdriau Rubber Company of Sydney formed Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co Ltd in 1929. The same year Dunlop Perdriau purchased a controlling interest in Barnet Glass Rubber Co. Ltd. In 1941 the company name was changed to Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd and Barnet Glass Rubber Co Ltd was fully absorbed. Following a number of company acquisitions, in 1967 the company was re-named as Dunlop Australia Ltd. Further numerous acquisitions and merges that diversified the company's activities took place until recently. A merger that was completed with Olympic Consolidated Industries Ltd in 1980 formed Dunlop Olympic Ltd. The present name of Pacific Dunlop Ltd was adopted in January 1986.
In 2001 clothing and footware interests were floated as Pacific Brands
Related entries
Timeline
1899 - 1905 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of Australasia Limited
1904 - 1929 Perdriau Rubber Company Limited
1905 - 1929 Dunlop Rubber Company of Australasia Limited
E.N. Ansell & Sons
1929 - 1941 Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber Company Limited
Ansell Rubber Company Pty Ltd
1933 - 1953 Olympic Tyre and Rubber Company Pty Ltd
1941 - 1967 Dunlop Rubber (Australia) Limited
- 1980 Ansell International Limited
1953 - 1980 Olympic Consolidated Industries Limited
1967 - 1980 Dunlop Australia Limited
1980 - 1986 Dunlop Olympic Limited
1986 - 2002 Pacific Dunlop Limited
2001 - 2016 Pacific Brands Limited
2002 - Ansell Ltd
Subsidiary
Published resources
Books
- Blainey, Geoffrey, Jumping over the wheel, Allen & Unwin, New South Wales, 1993. Details
Bruce A. Smith
Created: 19 May 2000, Last modified: 23 August 2020