Who are the poineers in manufacturing tyres ?
Tyres have been in existence since wheel were first manufactured. Iron tyres protected wooden wheels. Railway wheels still have steel tyres for that purpose - you only have to change the tyre when they wear, not the entire wheel. Pneumatic tyres were invented by Robert William Thomson in 1847 but the first practical ones were made by John Boyd Dunlop 40 years later. It is fair to say that John Dunlop was the main pioneer of pneumatic tyres. Robert Thomson was restricted by the lack of suitable rubber and developed solid rubber tyres instead. So he was the pioneer of rubber tyres.
