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1861	Company founded in Hull, England.
1890's	Exporting goods to Norway, Russia, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and India.
1893	Moved to Marfleet.
1920's	Textile weaving side of business expanded.
1930	Began manufacture of textile belting - precursor for today's Fenaplast brand.
1933	Purchase of Henry Cockill Ltd.
1937	Formed a public company. Began V-belt manufacturing.
1948	Hull factory completely rebuilt on the old site.
1952	Fenner and Scandura began development of a solid-woven PVC impregnated conveyor belt.
1955	Fenner company established in India.
1958/9	Fenner companies established in Australia and South Africa.
1961	New research and development facility built in Hull.
1970	Acquired Russell Manufacturing, USA.
1971	New state of the art factory opened in Hull.
1978	Acquisition of James Dawson & Sons, Lincoln
1979	Acquired Dick Bearings of Blackburn, UK.
1984	Fought off takeover bid by Hawker Siddley. Purchased Manheim Belting, USA.
1995/6	Five acquisitions including Efson and Nationwide (both USA) and TBA Belting in the UK.
1997	Acquired Scandura Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina, with manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Canada. Opened Shanghai Fenaplast Conveyor Belting factory in Shanghai.
1998	Sale of the Power Transmission Division.
2000	Sale of the Fluid Power Division. Sale of Welsh automotive business.
2001	Acquisition of UniPoly (Dunlop) Conveyor Belting.
2004	Established wholly owned conveyor belting factory in India.
2005	Acquisition of Wellington Holdings plc.
2006	Acquisition of EGC in Houston, USA.
2007	Sale of (50%) share of KSB Joint Venture, South Africa New factory opens in Shanghai for Precision Polymers and Advanced Seals. New Dawson Hose factory opens in Shanghai. B-Loc Corporation acquired in New York, USA. Spliceline acquired in Darwin, Australia. New Dunlop conveyor belting manufacturing facility opens in Shanghai.
2008	Fenner acquired Prodesco Inc. in Pennsylvania, USA. Winfield Industries acquired in Buffalo, New York, USA. Northern Belting Specialists Pty Ltd. acquired in South Australia. New EGC-CDI factory opens in Houston, USA. Fenner acquired King Energy New Mexico and Colorado, USA. Fenner Dunlop Port Clinton, Ohio, USA plant expansion. Conveyor Services acquired in USA. Fenner Dunlop Americas opens new weaving facility in Lavonia, Georgia, USA. Sale of lightweight belting based in Charlotte, South Carolina, USA.

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