Today's RUBENA a.s. Hradec Králové was founded in 1999 by a merger of two up to then independent subjects, one of them was RUBENA Náchod, and the other GUMOKOV Hradec Králové.

The rubber industry in Náchod has a long tradition. Already in 1908 Josef Kudrnác started the production of lubricans, seals, and other rubber products. In 1923 he took Ing. Jaroslav Haukaf as a partner, and together they started the production of technical rubber and subsequently other rubber products.

In 1928 these two partners parted - Jaroslav Hakauf went to Hradec Králové and Josef Kudrná? started the production of bicycle tyres and tubes in Náchod. In 1929 Kudrnác Co. produced the first Czech car tyre and tube.

After World War II. Kudrnác Co. was turned into a national company, and in 1947 given a new name - RUBENA. A year later, in Náchod the rubber combine Rubena Náchod was founded; it merged with GUMOKOV Hradec Králové and a machine-tool company in Predmerice.

Five years later the branch was reorganized and VHJ Czech rubber plant Náchod was founded by the aquisition of the following plants: ZZN Náchod, SNP Praha, Gumokov Hradec Králové, Osinek Kostelec nad Orlicí, and Azbestos Zverínek.