In 1945, the Pelhřimov based company known as DUP was a cooperative art industry and its first products were wooden, hand-painted bowls, toys and puppets. Square Pelhřimov In 1947 the company switched to the production of leather goods. In 1949, production of metal components for the manicure and pedicure trade began and the DUP company gradually became the largest manufacturer of manicure and pedicure sets in Czechoslovakia and its production began to be exported to many countries, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.