Dunlop Aircraft Tyres

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is a company based in Birmingham, England, that designs, manufacures and retreads aircraft tyres.

It was Dunlop Ltd., the original company, who designed the brakes for Concorde and had also invented Maxaret, the world's first anti-lock braking system (ABS), in the early 1950s which improved stopping distances for aircraft.

[2] Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is headquartered in the Erdington district of Birmingham, UK on what used to be part of the original Dunlop factory established in 1917.

The company also has after-market service and retreading facilities in Jinjian, China and in North Carolina, US.

[4] It can supply tyres for over 300 different types of aircraft in the civil and military markets.

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