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A Century of Achievements

1888J. B. Dunlop invented pneumatic tire
1909Dunlop Rubber Company (Far East) Ltd. Japan Branch was established
1910Started production of bicycle tires and tubes and solid tires for rickshaws
1911Started production of rubber tubing, gloves and water pillows
1913Produced Japan's fi rst automotive tire

    The world’s first pneumatic tire       J.B. Dunlop     The fi rst Japan-made tire
 The world’s first pneumatic tire    J.B. Dunlop     The fi rst Japan-made tire
1930Started production of Japan's first golf balls and tennis balls
1935Started production of motorcycle tires
1952Started production of blankets for offset printing presses
1954Developed Japan's fi rst tubeless tire, the DUNLOP FORT
1961Launched FORT tennis balls

  A poster for a bicycle tire in 1920    DUNLOP 65 (released in 1935)    DUNLOP FORT      FORT
A poster for a bicycle tire in 1920    DUNLOP 65       DUNLOP FORT        FORT
                 (released in 1935)
1964Started production of golf clubs
1966Started production of the SP3, Japan's first radial tire
1967Started production of marine fenders
1976Developed Japan's first Formula-1 racing tire
1979Releaseed the Denovo 2 runfl at tire

    SP3       A poster for radial tires in the late 1960s          A poster for the first Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (1974)     Denovo 2
     SP3        A poster for radial tires in the    A poster for the first Dunlop     Denovo 2
                     late 1960s          Phoenix Tournament (1974)
1983Introduced OMNICOURT, Japan's first sand-filled artificial turf for tennis courts
1994Introduced Japan's first vibration-control equipment for bridge cables using
high damping rubber

1996
Released the world's first metal powder-mixed, threepiece golf ball, the Tour
Special Metal Mix W
1998Announced Digital Rolling Simulation (DRS), a tire design technology that
applies simulation technology using a supercomputer
2000Launched the new XXIO brand golf goods

  OMNICOURT  vibration-control equipment for bridge cables     Tour Special Metal Mix W    DRS   First-generation XXIO driver and iron 
     OMNICOURT    vibration-control equipment for   Tour Special Metal    DRS      First-generation
                bridge cables             Mix W                XXIO driver and iron  
2006Released the LE MANS LM703 tire mounted with the world's first special
noise-absorbing sponge
Released ENASAVE ES801, 70% fossil resource-free tires
2008Released ENASAVE 97, 97% fossil resource-free tires

  LE MANSLM703/ENASAVE ES801   ENASAVE 97
      LE MANSLM703/       ENASAVE 97
      LE MANSLM703/

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