of 102-108 Clerkenwell Road, London EC (1906); works at Willesden
of 3 and 4 Thurloe Place, Brompton Road, London, SW (1914)
of Coulsdon (1973[1])
1906 presumably successor to Continental Caoutchouc and Guttapercha Co of same address
1906 Name changed to Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd[2]
1909 Exhibited a large balloon at the Olympia Aero Show made of a yellow fabric "familiar to all who have seen many German balloons ... made with envelopes of this material"[3]
1910 Exhibited rubber fabric for use in dirigible balloons at the Olympia exhibition[4]. Made balloon for Mr Mortimer Singer for the Gordon-Bennett Balloon Race[5]
1914 Tyre manufacturers. [6]
1916 Wound up under the Trading with the Enemy Act[7]
1918 Application for release from the order made under the Trading with the Enemy Act[8]
1935 Both the Vigor Co. and the Continental Tyre and Rubber Co were French concerns; they were both producing, under licence, tyres with treads in which Pneugrippa-pattern slots are moulded.[9]
1979 Launched a new high-speed tyre specially designed for coach operation.[10]
1984 The immediate parent company was Uniroyal Engelbert Tyres Ltd (owned by Continental Gummi-Werke AG); a subsidiary was Semperit Ltd.[11]
c.1985 integration of Semperit into the Continental Group which enabled the merger of the core competencies of two leading European manufacturers. [12]
1985 Renamed Continental Tyre Group Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Nov. 15, 1973
- ↑ The Times June 27, 1906
- ↑ The Times, Mar 19, 1909
- ↑ The Times, Mar 14, 1910
- ↑ The Times, Mar 15, 1910
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times Mar. 22, 1916
- ↑ The Times Dec. 10, 1918
- ↑ Commercial Motor 27th December 1935
- ↑ Commercial Motor 24th August 1979
- ↑ 1984 Annual report
- ↑ [1] Semperit Website