Bladder tank

[2] The first engineered flexible bladder tank was constructed from rubber in 1926 and manufactured by John Boyd Dunlop in Manchester UK,[citation needed] then later made from modern materials such polymers, and from PVC in Algeria, Africa in the 1950s.

It was invented by André Labaronne (patent N°1.460.825, 19 October 1965) and marketed under the brand CITAF (Citernes pour l’agriculture Française).

[citation needed] The technology was popularized in the early 21st century, with many wines, for example, shipped by flexitank then bottled nearer a final point-of-sale.

Some examples of what can be stored or transported in the Bladder tanks are fossil fuels (hydrocarbon), liquid fertilizers, emulsions, rainwater, drinking and grey water.

Bladder tanks were initially used for rapid deployment by DODs, UN, Ngos in the case of war or disaster and later for more long term applications in a wide range of industries such as farming, mining, manufacturing, marine and aviation.