| In 1829 the use of rubber in manufacturing is born | | | | Edouards invention of a machine which makes |
| in the Auvergne region of France by the marriage | | | | rubber balls enables him, with his cousin Aristide |
| of Edouard Daubree to Elizabeth Pugh Barker. | | | | Barbier, to open up a factory in 1832 which also |
| Pugh Barker was the niece of the Scottish | | | | makes farm machinery. They quickly start |
| chemist Charles Macintosh, the inventor of | | | | developing rubber tubes, gaskets and valves for |
| rubberised waterproof fabric and the eponymous | | | | use in industrial applications. The company |
| macintosh. | | | | continues to develop over the next 30 years until |
| In 1829, armed with this knowledge, Elizabeth | | | | in 1863 the founders set up a limited company, E. |
| introduces rubber into the Auvergne region of | | | | Daubree & Co. which becomes J.G. Bideau & Co. |
| France by making, by hand, play balls for children. | | | | in 1868. |