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Perdriau Rubber Co Ltd (1904 - 1929) |
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Henry Perdriau entered the rubber industry in 1888 by "accident" he had contracted to supply rubber parts to the New South Wales Government Railways and placed an order with an English rubber company. Due to an error in decoding his cable he received five (5) times the amount of rubber ordered. He fulfilled his contract with the Railways and opened a store for the sale of the surplus rubber stock. Later, he started manufacturing rubber parts and, in 1904, floated the Perdriau Rubber Co. Ltd. with a capital of £40,000 ($A80,000). At the time of the merger with Dunlop, the Company had grown into an empire, with a capital of £1,500,000 ($A3,000,000). The merger with Dunlop Rubber Company of Australasia Ltd formed Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co Ltd in 1929. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Original data from D. Terwiel, S. P. Ville and G. A. Fleming, Australian Business Records: An Archival Guide, Canberra : Australian National University, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Dept. of Economic History, 1998. | |
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Published by Archive Research Consultancy, 1999-2006 Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Updated: 3 December 2006 http://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0135b.htm |