Avon Rubber

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Avon Rubber plc

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legal form Public Limited Company
ISIN GB0000667013
founding 1885
Seat Melksham , UK
management Paul McDonald, CEO
Number of employees about 800
sales £ 179.3 million
Branch Rubber products
Website www.avon-rubber.com
As of September 30, 2019

Avon Tires tires

Avon Rubber plc is a UK manufacturer of rubber-based products. The company's company goes back to the river of the same name , on the banks of which the company was originally located.

history

Founded in 1885, the company grew out of a sawmill for lumber, began producing assembly lines and tires in 1890 and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1933 . In 1997, the business was tires for motor vehicles, Avon Tires, completely at Coopertires sold. Since this restructuring, the British stock corporation has mainly manufactured ABC masks for the military, as well as police and fire brigade units, and produced assemblies for milking machines .

Engagement in motorsport

In the 1981 and 1982 seasons Avon was active as a tire supplier in Formula 1 . For the 2011 season, a new application as a Formula 1 outfitter was submitted, but this was rejected in favor of Pirelli .

Avon was also the sole tire supplier for Formula 3000 and continues to supply British Formula 3 with standard tires to this day.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Avon Rubber: Annual Report And Accounts 2019 , accessed July 22, 2020
  2. Avon Rubber: Avon Protection , accessed May 17, 2019