 The headquarters of the now Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken AG (United Rubber Factories of Berlin-Frankfurt) moved to Berlin, but a production plant remained in the Barbarossa street in Gelnhausen.In 1899 an unfortunate fire burned down most of the production hall there at Gelnhausen

In 1900 the"Vereinigte Berlin-Frankfurter Gummiwaaren-Fabriken AG" started to produce tires for automobiles.The corporation began to market tires; both with and without spikes, under the trade name Veritas.