Storage and transport devices - Development and production
History
| 1960 | : | The company Cordes GmbH was founded by Werner Cordes, cabinet maker. |
| 1960 | : | First rollplate patented: The Möbelhund®. |
| 1965 | : | First folding Rollbox developed and presented: The KA-Corlette®. |
| 1969 | : | Parcel-Rollbox developed for the German Post. |
| 1977 | : | Corlette product scope extended to cover for example: Standard-Colette® Universal Colette® Furniture Colette®. Bicycle,Colette® Safe-Colette®. |
| 1981 | : | Begins manufacturing products later to become the Variofit product range. |
| 1984 | : | Cordes GmbH expansion with 4 main production sites with an overall turnover in excess of 10 million German Marks. |
| 1988 | : | The Cordes GmbH product range receives the safety certification from the German authorities (TÜV). |
| 1990 | : | Furnibox developed for use in automatic high storage warehousing. |
| 1994 | : | Production sites extended to include a subsidiary company in Poland. This subsidiary company has now become a part of Cordes GmbH. |
| 1997 | : | Werner Cordes retires, his son Martin Cordes receives new ownership. |
| 2000 | : | Innaugeration of a sub company Transko GmbH for logistics service provision. |
| 2001 | : | The Cordes GmbH product range receives the certification DIN ISO 9001 from the German authorities. |
| Today | : | The Cordes group maintains over 400 employees and has an annual turnover in excess of 20 million Euros. |
