Matador was founded in 1905 in the district of Bratislava, Slovakia, and began producing rubber hoses and belts.
In 1925 Matador began producing tires and in about six years it remained the only tire manufacturing company in Czechoslovakia.
The company has become a national company in 1945 and within a year established itself as a national project.

In 1946, following an increase in demand for tires, Matador management decided to establish a new rubber plant.
The plant’s foundation stone was laid in 1947 and the run-up program began in early 1950.
Since then the company began manufacturing a broader range of rubber products such as tubes, conveyor belts and radial tires for cars.
The growth in its line of products increased the importance of scientific research and the company did not remain indifferent to that and in 1987 established in Pokob a Rubber Research Institute.

In 1998 began the joint initiative of Matador and Continental of producing truck tires.
In 2007 Continental acquired 51% of Matador and a year later bought another 15%.
Currently Continental holds 66% of matador.