Great Moments in History

Have a look at more than 100 years of Fulda - German High Technology

1944

As a result of war the Fulda factories are almost completely destroyed

Hit by several air raids the Fulda factory is almost completely destroyed.


1945

Reconstruction work starts

The first permit to re-open the factory refers only to the manufacturing of rubber goods and rubber material for the repair of tyres and tubes. The re-launch of the tyre production is initially not foreseen however employees convince the owners of the Fulda 'Werke' (plant) to restart the tyre production. Finally, Series production of tyres restart 1st of August 1946.


1948

Fulda distributes 9000 Fulda billboards for retailer's shop decoration

As one of the first advertising campaigns Fulda distributes 9000 tinplate Fulda logos. From now on every buyer can easily identify where to buy his Fulda tyres from. Today the items have become a wanted collectors item.