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Doug Clark; South Pacific Tyres manufacturing manager, succeeding Bill Shakespeare.
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DescriptionDoug first met Dunlop as a sales representatie for Martonair pneumatics in the 1970s.
He joined Dunlop as a methods engineer, studying and improving work practices, and later headed that group.
He eventually became factory manager, before being promoted to run the Thomastown plant in Melbourne from 1998; it closed in 2002.
A greyscale image was printed in the 'Leader' on June 28, 1988. Doug was 37; Bill Shakespeare had retired after 29 years at the plant.
In spite of a staff reduction from 350 to 230 rubber workers, in June the factory had produced a record 4500 tyres in a day; a year earlier; the average had been around 3500.
Date TakenJune 1988
He joined Dunlop as a methods engineer, studying and improving work practices, and later headed that group.
He eventually became factory manager, before being promoted to run the Thomastown plant in Melbourne from 1998; it closed in 2002.
A greyscale image was printed in the 'Leader' on June 28, 1988. Doug was 37; Bill Shakespeare had retired after 29 years at the plant.
In spite of a staff reduction from 350 to 230 rubber workers, in June the factory had produced a record 4500 tyres in a day; a year earlier; the average had been around 3500.
Date TakenJune 1988Depicts or relates to
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Reference1988 06 28 05FormatGreyscale printSize118 x 125 mm
FormatGreyscale printSize118 x 125 mmScanned byDon McLeod
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