Barum - Rubena brandname change

In year 1993 German company Continental purchased brandname Barum. From this date no product from Ceska Gumarenska Spolecnost (CGS) can be sold and presented under Barum name. Bicycle tyres and tubes received a new brandname based on factory name - RUBENA - which means RUBE- (Rubber) -NA (Náchod - location with production facilities).