for other uses see ansell disambiguation . dunlop australia redirects here . for the suburb of canberra see dunlop australian capital territory . ansell limited type public traded as asx ann industry manufacturing founded 1929 founder eric norman ansell headquarters melbourne australia 1 key people magnus nicolin ceo 2 products latex gloves condoms revenue us 1.590 billion 2014 net income us 206 million 2014 website ansell.com ansell is an australian company which manufactures protective and medical gloves and condoms . contents 1 history 2 brands and products 2.1 medical gloves 2.2 condoms 2.3 industrial gloves 3 references history edit ansell was formed as dunlop pneumatic tyre company of australasia ltd in 1899 when the dunlop pneumatic tyre company of the united kingdom incorporated its australian branch formed in 1893 and floated it on the australian stock exchanges . in 1906 the company changed its name to the dunlop rubber company of australasia ltd and in 1929 changed it again following a merger with the perdriau rubber company to dunlop perdriau ltd. 3 at this time the company s main business was the production of automobile tyres . the company expanded into other rubber products including footwear in 1948 . in 1967 the company changed its name to dunlop australia and continued to diversify . 3 in 1969 dunlop australia acquired the ansell rubber company which had been founded in 1929 originally as e. n. ansell & sons by eric norman ansell at the time a worker for dunlop rubber company of australasia . 4 ansell started out developing condoms before moving into other areas such as gas masks and weather balloons as well as developing the first mass produced disposable latex gloves . 5 dunlop australia continued to expand . in 1980 it acquired a competitor and became known as dunlop olympic and in 1986 changed its name to pacific dunlop reflecting its geographic expansion . in 1986 it entered into a joint venture with goodyear tire to manufacture and distribute tyres in australasia . pacific dunlop diversified into clothing batteries healthcare products and food and by the mid 1990s was one of the 20 largest companies in australia with operations in 20 countries . 3 in the later 1990s pacific suffered from falling profits and a high debt burden . it began a programme of divestment selling its food and battery businesses . the clothing and footwear businesses were floated off as pacific brands in 2001 and the company determined to focus on the healthcare products of its ansell subsidiary . finally in 2002 the company changed its name to ansell limited . 3 brands and products edit ansell has various sub brands operating around the world for both its protective gloves and condom products . 6 medical gloves edit dermaprene encore gammex medi grip micro touch condoms edit akuel blowtex contempo jissbon kamasutra lifestyles manix mates new caress prime primex sixsex unimil zero industrial gloves edit alphatec ansell hawkeye hyflex powerflex projex series sol vex touch n tuff vantage versatouch references edit list of worldwide offices contact us ansell corporate . ansell.com . retrieved 2011 11 26 . board of directors about ansell ansell corporate . ansell.com . retrieved 2011 11 26 . a b c d ansell ltd. company history . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2011 12 19 . the ansell limited story about ansell ansell corporate . ansell.com . 1920 08 16 . retrieved 2011 11 26 . latex gloves . biotechnology innovation.com.au . 2007 04 18 . retrieved 2011 11 26 . products & brands ansell corporate . ansell.com . retrieved 2011 11 26 . v t e dunlop holdings subsidiaries dunlop brands dunlop rubber dunlop slazenger dunlop sport dunlop sport australia dunlop tyres retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ansell & oldid 731018353 categories manufacturing companies based in melbourneaustralian brandscompanies established in 1929 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 22 july 2016 at 11 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view