Dunlop Aviation
Note: This is a sub-section of Dunlop Rubber Co
Dunlop Aviation subsidiary of Dunlop Holdings.[1]
Dunlop invented Maxaret, the world's first anti-lock braking system (ABS), in the early 1950s which improved stopping distances for aircraft.[2]
Dunlop designed the brakes for Concorde
1968 Testing of aircraft tyres at Fort Dunlop. [3]
1982 Dunlop Aviation Division secured an important civil aviation deal following the decision by US firm Boeing to use the company's weight-saving carbon brakes on the new 757 airliner.[4]
1985 BTR Industries acquired Dunlop Aviation Division
1998 BTR Industries sold the aerospace businesses to Doughty Hanson and CoDoughty Hanson, including Dunlop Aviation, which made and serviced wheels and brakes, Dunlop Precision Seals and Standard Aero, which repaired engines, together with a business which made parts for turbofans. The businesses were named Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group[5]
2004 Meggitt acquired the aircraft wheels and brakes business of the Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group for £793 million; the rest of the company (engine repair) was acquired by Carlyle Group[6].