1973
Brian Burton establishes Clifton Rubber Co Ltd

At the age of 23, Brian Burton establishes a trade moulding company called Clifton Rubber Co Ltd occupying part of a small industrial unit in Cromwell Works, St Ives, Cambridgeshire.

1975
Move to bigger unit

Clifton Rubber moves to a bigger unit on the St Ives industrial Estate, which still form part of Clifton Rubber’s production facilities today.

1980
Expanding

The company expands to occupy adjoining industrial unit.

1994
Acquires Barwell Rubber Company

Clifton Rubber acquires Barwell Rubber Company, an industry leader in rubber roller covering. Barwell Rubber moves to occupy units on Edison Road and now forms the basis of Clifton Rubber’s roller covering unit.

1998
Acquires Crismo Engineering

Clifton Rubber acquires Crismo Engineering and moves the company to adjoining units on Edison Road. Crismo now forms the basis of Clifton Rubber’s engineering capability for toolmaking and general precision engineering support.

1999
Acquires KRC quality mouldings

Clifton Rubber acquires KRC quality mouldings a trade moulder of small moulded parts located close to Clifton Rubber. KRC is now part of Clifton Rubber’s rubber moulding unit producing medium volume small moulded parts, KRC occupies units on Edison road next to the original Clifton Rubber units.

Acquires part of Cromwell Rubber
2000

Clifton Rubber acquires part of Cromwell Rubber moving the assets to their site on Edison Road in St Ives. The acquisition brings valuable assets in the form of new moulding plant and a works manager with vast technical moulding experience.

2001
Investing in Polyeurthane moulding

Clifton Rubber invests in a new polyurethane moulding business unit to complement their existing rubber processing resources.

2011
Joining the family business

At the age of 27 Ben Burton joins the family business.

2014
Acquires 55,000sq ft industrial unit

Clifton Rubber acquires 55,000 sq ft industrial unit on the St Ives Industrial Estate with the aim of moving all business units to one premises by 2018.

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