Avon Rubber

Avon Rubber PLC is a manufacturer of rubber-based products for the manufacturing sector. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Its largest divisions, namely Avon Protection Systems and Milk-Rite produce equipment and components for the armed forces, first response emergency services and the dairy/agricultural sectors, among others.

Its corporate headquarters are located 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Melksham in Wiltshire, England, at the Hampton Park West development. Avon's research and design expertise is supported by ARTIS and locations throughout USA.

Avon products include CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) battlefield respirators, emergency response respirators, dairy milking liners, speed humps, aircraft chocks and tiling for military submarines.

History

In 1885 Messrs E G Browne and J C Margetson acquired a cloth mill, known as Avon Mill, on the banks of the River Avon at Limpley Stoke. The owners of the mill had been timber merchants, but had later diversified into the production of rubber goods.