 In 1931 the Société du Pneu Englebert (Englebert Tyre Company) was born.The company acquired a French tyre factory in Clairoix in 1936; it was here, in 1937, that Englebert produced their millionth tyre.After the war, in 1958, the company entered into a partnership agreement with Uniroyal, then one of the world's top three tyre manufacturers.