ill ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Mat ador ▁- ▁G um mi ▁und ▁Bal ata ▁Werke ") ▁involved ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁rub ber ▁h oses ▁and ▁bel ts ▁in ▁its ▁new ▁facilities ▁in ▁Pet r ž al ka , ▁a ▁district ▁of ▁Br atis lava . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁it ▁has ▁produced ▁t ires ▁( the ▁first ▁t ires ▁producer ▁in ▁former ▁Czech oslov ak ia ). ▁Its ▁t ires ▁were ▁fitted ▁to ▁many ▁Czech oslov ak ▁autom ob iles ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁thus ▁contrib uting ▁in ▁co - operation ▁with ▁the ▁br ands ▁Š k oda , ▁T atra , ▁A ero ▁and ▁others ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁autom ot ive ▁industry ▁in ▁Central ▁Europe . ▁The ▁firm ▁was ▁national ized ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁and ▁priv at ized ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁Its ▁trade ▁name ▁has ▁been ▁Mat ad ore x , ▁a . s . ▁since ▁the ▁priv at ization . ▁ ▁Mat ador ▁in ▁P ú ch ov ▁itself ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁a ▁" n ational ▁enter prise " ▁( since ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁" state - owned ▁enter prise ") ▁for ▁t ire ▁production ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁Production ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁called ▁" G um ár ne ▁ 1 . ▁má ja " ▁( which ▁transl ates ▁to ▁" r ub ber ▁works ▁of