This is part of the Chemical Analysis Laboratory at Dunlop Tyres in Birmingham. This room was used for rubber compound analysis, and general tyre material analysis. I worked in the tyre industry for a total of eighteen years, starting my career at Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd (formerly SP Tyres UK Ltd) at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham. I left Dunlop at the end of January 2000, following the closure of the Materials Department where I worked developing rubber compounds for car tyres. Most of those who worked in the department were made redundant at the end of 1999, following the takeover of the company by Goodyear. The redundancies were announced in October 1999, and those affected left at the end of that year. I was given a job in the factory but left at the end of January 2000.

Craig Lowndes' Dunlop Control Tyres