BTR Industries
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BTR Industries, later renamed BTR plc, was a British industrial conglomerate, which merged with Siebe in 1999 to form BTR Siebe plc, later renamed Invensys plc.
BTR started in 1924, when the B.F.Goodrich Company of the USA formed a UK subsidiary British Goodrich Rubber Co. Ltd. In 1934 Goodrich sold most of its shares in the company, which changed its name to the British Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd.[1]
In 1956 the company changed its name to BTR Industries, when it ceased production of tyres.
By 1982 BTR had acquired a large number of companies in the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Germany.[2]
in 1985 BTR acquired Dunlop Holdings plc. The Dunlop road tyre business was immediately sold to Sumitomo Rubber Industries.
Between 1996 and 1998, BTR sold the remaining Dunlop companies.
In 1999 BTR merged with Siebe to form BTR Siebe plc, which was renamed Invensys plc.
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