Prior to the Swarm War, Bornaryn Trading purchased a controlling interest in the long-running droid manufacturing corporation of Industrial Automaton, following the release of that company's R9-series astromech droid. During that conflict, the growing company also acquired Xtib, the tibanna-processing company that produced TibannaX, the special isotope that was utilized in Jedi StealthX starfighter engines, which enabled the craft to conceal their ion tails. Among the holdings Bornaryn Trading acquired in their takeover of Industrial Automation was R2-0, the prototype for the highly-successful R2-series of astromech.