John Bull Rubber

John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd. was a British tyre manufacturer based in Leicester. It was established 1906 and was originally named Leicester Rubber Company. It was renamed John Bull Rubber in 1934 after its popular product of the same name.

History
The Leicester Rubber Company was set up in 1906 by two brothers, John Cecil Burton and Hubert Henry Burton, who imported and sold bicycle tyres.

In 1915, a new factory was built in Evington Valley Road, where the company started manufacturing its own cycle and pram tyres.

In 1937, the company formed an offshoot called Metalastic, which specialised in rubber to metal components. The two companies merged in 1955.

In 1958, the company was acquired by Dunlop Rubber.