Dunlop Sport is a British sports equipment manufacturing company established in 1910 that focuses on racquet sports, more specifically tennis, squash, padel and badminton.
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10 Facts About Dunlop Sport
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Products by Dunlop Sport include rackets, strings, balls, shuttlecocks, and bags.
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Dunlop Sport is operated by SRI Sports, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which acquired the Dunlop brand in 2017.
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Dunlop Sport was established as a company manufacturing goods from rubber in 1889.
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Dunlop Sport entered the sporting goods market in 1910, when it began to manufacture rubber golf balls at its base in Birmingham.
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Dunlop Sport opened acquisition discussions with Slazenger in 1927, but without success.
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In 1957 Dunlop Sport acquired the golf club manufacturer John Letters of Scotland.
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Dunlop Sport is the current supplier for the Australian Open as well as the ATP World Team Championship in Dusseldorf.
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Dunlop Sport is the official supplier of the WTA Tour Volvo Cars Open in Charleston, South Carolina.
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