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In August 2006, the Avon
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million. This enabled the company to concentrate on personal protection, both respiratory and ballistic, under the Avon
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British company that specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of respiratory protection equipment for military, law enforcement and fire personnel. Its corporate headquarters are 3 km (1.9 mi) south of
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and components for railways. By 1900, pneumatic tyres for bicycles were being produced, and by 1906 the first car tyres were advertised under the Avon brand. The company acquired the Sirdar Rubber Works at
Greenland Mill in
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in the United States, leaving the company to concentrate on its core businesses of automotive components, technical products and protective equipment.
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in 1956, bringing with it Abbey Mills and
Kingston Mills in Bradford on Avon, and a jointly owned plant in Paris. The company name was shortened to
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