Dunlop opened its first tyre plant in Dublin, 1889. Since then, it has grown to become one of the world's biggest and most respected tyre brands.
The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company (SA) Ltd started the first tyre distribution depot in South Africa for tyres manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1896. In August 1935 Dunlop officially opened the first tyre factory in Durban, with the company incorporated as Dunlop South Africa Ltd four years later in 1939.