MATADOR - THE FIRST TYRE MANUFACTURER IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Company Matador - Gummi und Balata Werke was registered in commercial register on September 7, 1905. In March 1906 Matador began producing rubber hoses and belts in its new facilities in Petržalka, district of Bratislava.
The testing production of tyres was launched in 1925 and for 6 coming years the company remained the only producer of tyres in Czechoslovakia.
The company was nationalised in 1945 and the next year it was established as the national enterprise.