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About Dunlop

Dunlop Adhesives is a specialist manufacturer of tile adhesives, grouts, finishing, and ancillary products and continually works to provide peace of mind for builders' merchants and their customers. Its technical helpline, e-learning portal & 10 year guarantee are favourites within the building sector.

About The Digital Newsroom

The Dunlop Adhesives Digital Newsroom is a simple and useful resource for you to keep track of all the latest news stories. High resolution images and complete press releases are available to download from here, and you can connect with our various social media profiles easily. Suggestions for improvements are welcome.

Contact Details

Amy Gregory & Kate Burn
Manifest Communications
t. +44 (0)1132 429 174
e. dunlop@manifestcomms.co.uk

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Click here to download a high resolution jpeg of the competition prizes.

Click here to download a high resolution jpeg of the competition prizes.

Dunlop Adhesives launches BRAINBOX ideas competition

Professor Dunlop's Brain Box Logo

Professor Dunlop's Brain Box Logo

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be an inventor? Dunlop Adhesives is calling on tradesmen to get involved in improving building products – by submitting ideas to its new BRAINBOX innovation panel:

  • BRAINBOX is an opportunity to submit ideas or solutions to common problems faced by tradesmen.
  • Dunlop is keen to include its customers and their hands-on experience in the development of its products.
  • Ideas can be submitted as documents, images or even videos and are uploaded directly to the site.
  • Submissions can be anything from new products through to feedback and improvements on existing methods/solutions.
  • The best submission will win a new Dell Studio 15 laptop.
  • All ‘outstanding and original’ submissions will be rewarded with runners-up prizes .
  • The overall winner will be announced in January 2010.
  • This is the first time all tradesmen have had a chance to become inventors.
  • BRAINBOX will be promoted on special editions packs of Dunlop Adhesives products.
  • The dedicated website is: http://www.dunlop-brainbox.co.uk
  • You can follow idea submission and competition news on Twitter: twitter.com/dunlopbrainbox

Prizes to be won!

Attached Files

The complete press release covering the launch of the Dunlop BRAINBOX innovation panel.

BRAINBOX launch press release
(435 kB)

Click here to download a high resolution jpeg of the competition prizes.

Prizes to be won!
(1 MB)

A high resolution screen grab of the website.

Dunlop BRAINBOX Home Page
(1 MB)


A high resolution jpeg of the competition artwork

Professor Dunlop Artwork
(1 MB)

Professor Dunlop's Brain Box Logo

Brain Box Logo
(8 kB)

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