Bouncing back
13 September 2012
Matthew Beecham reports on work to reverse the decline in the UK’s once booming rubber components industry
The production of rubber goods for the automotive industry has a long and successful history in Britain. Recently, however, the sector has shown signs of shrinkage. In 1996, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reviewed the general rubber goods sector and found the UK had moved from being a net exporter in the 1980s to a net importer in the 1990s. According...