Fenner Dunlop, manufacturer of conveyor belting for mining and industrial applications, has announced the approval for two major investments. The first investment is the doubling of the solid woven belting capacity in Shanghai. The current Shanghai Fenner facility produces high performance belting especially designed to service the largest underground coal mines in China. The second investment is to embrace the vast market potential of rubber belting types in China, a new joint venture company, Dunlop Conveyor Belting (Shandong) Co. Ltd, is invested by Fenner and Wangcao Coal and Electric in Shandong province and is expected to be fully operational by January 2009. Fenner is the majority shareholder and has full management control. Different from Shanghai Fenner, Dunlop Shandong is focusing on rubber based products, mainly steel cord and fabric rubber ply beltings.