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History Dunlop Foams is a subsidiary of Pacific Brands Limited (established in 1888), an Australian Public company (www.pacificbrands.com.au). Like all members of the Dunlop family of companies, its origins go back to John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921), the inventor of the rubber pneumatic tyre. The introduction of upholstery foam in Australia goes back to the early 1930s when the Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Company started producing Dunlopillo rubber latex foam. Dunlop Foams commenced manufacture of prepolymer-based polyurethane foams in Australia and New Zealand in the 1960s, and has always been at the forefront of this technology and product innovation. Today, Dunlop Foams is Australia’s largest polyurethane flexible slabstock foam producer and the only organisation in the industry with a presence in every State. PACIFIC BRANDS   DUNLOP FOAMS The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company 1893   The Dunlop Rubber Company of Australia 1905   The Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Company 1929     1930s Latex upholstery foam first manufactured by Dunlop in Australia Dunlop Rubber Australia 1941     1950s Flexible Polyurethane Foam produced for upholstery   1960s Flexible Polyurethane Foam produced for bedding   1970s First Maxfoam continuous foaming machine installed Dunlop Olympic Limited 1980     1980s Business expanded across Australia & NZ through acquisitions of the Olympic Group, Foamlite, R.T.Carr (NZ) and Joubert & Joubert EnduroTM developed and introduced Pacific Dunlop Limited 1986     1990s Ozone-depleting CFCs eliminated ahead of legislation MarathonTM, StaminaTM, LuxuraTM, Ultra-Fresh®, round block introduced Acquisitions of Servitor (NZ), Vita Pacific   1999 Dunlop Asthma Partnership established Pacific Brands Pty Ltd 2001     2002 OpulenceTM launched   2003 Name and logo changed to    Pacific Brands Limited 2004 ViscoflexTM introduced   2006 ViscoLuxTM re-launched