Dunlop Nigeria Plc was established in 1961 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dunlop Group in Nigeria. The company traded as Dunlop Nigeria Industries limited before the name-change, in line with the Federal Government Policy of indigenization. The company's primary business is manufacturing and sales/marketing of quality automotive tyres.

A publicly quoted Company with its shares traded on the Nigeria Stock Exchange. A greater majority 95% of the company's shares belong to several state governments, public Companies and no fewer than 114,400 private Nigerian citizens. As part of effort at sourcing local raw material input informed the strategy of backward integration which resulted in the acquisition of majority shareholding in PAMOL (Nigeria) Limited in 1991, thus offering Dunlop a guarantee of uninterrupted supply of the right quality natural rubber, a major raw material in tyre manufacturing.

The Company is the only manufacturer of automotive tyres in Nigeria and West Africa with the Dunlop brand as an embodiment of quality. In recognition of its commitment to a consistent supply of high quality and reliable products to its customers, the company has continued to win laurels for the attainment of requisite quality standards. For 15 consecutive years beginning from 1989, Dunlop won the internationally recognized NIS Certification Mark of Quality awarded by the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON); finally capping it with the SON ISO 9001:2000 quality assurance listing. Awarded the E11-Mark which is the European Community's symbol of tyre excellence and is awarded following rigorous inspections made by Britain's Department of Transport.

Dunlop Nigeria Plc has recorded many firsts namely the pioneer manufacturer of car radial tubeless tyres in West Africa; produced the first tubeless Crossply tyre in Nigeria; the first low aspect ratio car tyres in Nigeria; first Nigerian tyre company to obtain the E.C.E 30 Certificate, an export requirement for car tyres to Europe; first manufacturing company in Africa (beside South Africa) to hold the ISO 9002 certification. With a highly trained, competent and well motivated workforce with shared dreams and common ideals, indeed, the Company has been able to overcome so many challenges over the years and its achievements in the areas of product development, quality assurance and value creation for its stakeholders attest to the fact that it is well prepared to offer solutions to future challenges.

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