Trelleborg has been pioneering polymer engineering and materials technology in its chosen segments for more than a century. Read about some key chapters in the Trelleborg story
Through acquisitions and in-house expertise within polymer components Trelleborg grows within Healthcare & Medical. The Group has now a competitive platform and critical mass for global organic initiatives in the segment moving forward.
The company grows from solely producing rubber products into an international conglomerate 20 times larger, in which mining and metal operations predominate, with rubber and plastics taking third place.
The development of motoring soon leads to car tires becoming the single largest product. Inflatable leisure articles, such as swimming rings, air mattresses and rubber boats also increase substantially.
Under the management of Henry Dunker, it rapidly becomes Scandinavia's leading rubber-production company, with bicycle and car tires, industrial rubber good and raincoats as its principal products.