We are proud to have achieved something in the rubber industry that few manufacturing companies do in any industry, with technologies and markets constantly changing. Robert Martin, father to John Hadlow Martin, was working as a waterproofer in Southampton. He probably used early rubber-proofed products, produced by Robert Mackintosh from 1824 on. The first Martin's Rubber shop opens at 38 Bernard St, Southampton, owned by John Hadlow Martin. It was listed in the 1887 census as an 'India Rubber dealer and Gutta Percha manufacturer', selling proofing materials, fabrications, gaskets and hoses.

Our origins were in Victorian times, when the exciting properties of natural rubber were being embraced and developed byJoseph Macintosh, resulting in the famous rubber vulcanised canvas material that enabled tarpaulins to be truly waterproof, and the creation of his waterproof clothing generally known as "Mack's". Although John Hadlow Martin founded our company in 1865, his father Robert's trade was that of "Waterproofer", so clearly the Martins were already dealing in rubber products well before ourcompany was established.

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We're excited to be a part of the DASIS consortium, providing a full program from concept and development through to manufacture. There are a whole raft of skills and technologies in this group as well as all the material, design and production capabilities you could possibly need! If you're in.

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