“At the time, it was easy to find work. And it was the factory that paid the best ”. In 1973, when he returned to Dunlop, Christian Delage was sent to “heavyweight preparation”. The workshop, which produces more than 500,000 tires a year, is running at full speed and is in need of manpower. Other … Read more
On June 9, 1920, the Dunlop tire company acquired the old loading workshops located in the Loue area. Oddly enough, the event was passed over in silence during the municipal council held two days later in Montluçon. The company, which announces the creation of 1,500 jobs for men and as many for women, could never … Read more
Do you remember your first day at the head of the Montluçon plant ?? Vaguely. The first people I found in the canteen were Michel Faye and Norbert Palisson who were the CE leaders at the time. They knew me because I had already worked in the factory. I spent a little time with the … Read more
Bombed in 1943, Dunlop recovered very quickly. Should we be surprised? Not in the sense that the war and the crisis of 1929 had brought a drop in production and in 1948 there was a need for everything Dunlop made. As it stands, not yet car and airplane tires but bicycle tires, boots, latex thread… … Read more
In his house on avenue des Étourneaux in Montluçon, Roland Vincent stares at the living room window. Memories of Dunlop ?? He has a lot of them, he tells us with a smirk. Combining actions with words, he shows us his album of memories and the black and white photos he has carefully captioned. Our … Read more
New episode! On the occasion of the centenary of Dunlop in Montluçon (Allier), we come back to the milestones of the factory in Bourbonnaise land. This time, return from Thursday, February 4, 1999. The newspaper The echoes then announced the takeover for a billion dollars of the American and European assets of the Japanese Sumitomo, … Read more
June 11, 1989, men’s final at Roland-Garros. To everyone’s surprise, American Michael Chang defeated Swede Stephan Edberg in five sets. In the 1/8 th final, the young player – he is not yet 18 years old – had already caused a sensation by dismissing the world number 1, the Czech Ivan Lendl, with his famous … Read more
Originally from Brethon where the municipal school bears his name, Jean-Charles Varennes (1915-1995) has written many historical books and novels related to the Bourbonnais. Jacky Regrain, born in the Dunlop factory in Montluçon one day in 1939 Journalist, he has also collaborated with several press titles including Center-Morning and The mountain. Curious about everything, this … Read more
He is the oldest inhabitant of the Dunlop city in Montluçon. Not old because some of its neighbors are over ninety springs. No, his record is that he lived for 80 years – putting aside years of military service in Algeria – in this district formerly devoted to workers in the tire company. The baby … Read more