Mariakerke (O-Vl, Belgium); spotted by B. & H. Parmentier
Pneu UNIO —Bergougnan
In 1885 Raymond Bergougnan founded, together with his brothers, a small workshop in Clermont-Ferrand and they specialized in rubber stamps.
Production diversified step by step and in 1898 he founded the , to develop the production of tires for automobiles and heavy vehicles. During the First World War, Bergougnan was the exclusive supplier of full tires to the French army.
In 1921, Bergougnan opened a factory for rubber products in Evergem-Belzele (Belgium), not far from where this mural is situated.
The company was acquired by the Swedish Trelleborg in 1988 and production at the site was discontinued in 1997.
Years later it turned out that the soil on the site was full of solvents and that a thick layer of rubber and solvents had formed on the groundwater.
In 2018, Trelleborg inaugurated its new European logistics hub and Benelux commercial office at the former Bergougnan site in Evergem.
