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| Establishment of the Thüringischen
Glaswollindustrie - formerly Septimius Koch GmbH -
of the companies Koch, Greiner-Petter and Goldmann & Cordts
in Hamburg, production facility: Lauscha, purpose:
Production of glasswool for technical and other purposes
in the substantial quantities with "Koch Patent" machines. |
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| Shifting of the production
establishment to Steinach and expansion of the production
to 10,000 kgs of daily production of glasswool. |
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| Legal protection is obtained
for the name "Vitrulan". It is derived from
the Latin: "Vitrum = glass" and "Lanum
= wool" |
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| Letter to the Ministry of
Economics at that time: Samples of wallpaper made of
textile glass fibres and coloured glass were supplied. |
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| The company in Steinach was
sequestered for reparation services in the USSR. |
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| Hans F. C. Cordts concentrated
on the commercial operations with glass fabric products
manufactured by third parties in Oberfranken, and extended
relationships with customers. |
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| Hans F. Cordts, the son of
the founder, takes over the planning and execution
of the construction of the new factory in Marktschorgast. |
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| The first cut of the spade
Marktschorgast |
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| The first 3 employees commence
their duties. |
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| Establishment of the textile
glass company by Hans F. C. Cordts |
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| Hans F. Cordts becomes the
Managing Director. |
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| Years of expansion - the Economic
Boom: Production of VW heat insulation components for
an air-cooled VW rear engine |
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| The Oil Crisis; founder Hans
F. C. Cordts hands over the management of the entire
business to Hans F. Cordts. Hans F. Cordts focuses
on new products and new markets and is joined by his
brother Jürgen Cordts in Marktschorgast. |
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| The product groups glass textile
wall coverings, glass mesh, glass fabric for bituminous
sheets and glass insulation products were extended
and increasingly, exported as well. |
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| Conversion of the company
Hans F. C. Cordts into VITRULAN TEXTILGLAS GmbH; in
addition, production of reinforcing fabric for EIFS |
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| Purchase of an old radio factory
in Zeil am Main; expansion of the production of reinforcing
fabric |
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| Peter Cordts, son of Hans
F. Cordts, joins the company. |
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| Further growth and automation,
especially in production of glass déco fabrics;
introduction of single-box automatic packaging line |
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| Purchase agreement with the
trust company in Berlin for the acquisition of the
works in Haselbach, Thüringen; production of staple
fibres and special glass types |
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Extension of the Haselbach
factory into an efficient supplier of glass staple
fibre products for the production of glass déco
fabrics in Marktschorgast; in addition, production
of industrial textiles
Amount
of Investment: 28
million €
The
newly erected glass
melting vat for the
production of coloured
glass was disassembled
and demolished in
1997. |
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| Peter Cordts becomes Director
of the company. |
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| Karl-Heinz Will and Friedhelm
Schwender become Directors. |
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| Certification of the Marktschorgast
and Haselbach works of Vitrulan Textilglas GmbH as
per DIN EN ISO 9001 by the DQS. |
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| Acquisition of a 33% share
in a glass fibre works in Latvia for ensuring supply
of raw material for glass déco and the reinforcing
fabrics and for the production of reinforcing fabrics |
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| Vitrulan OOO
Moscow was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary. The
ground was broken to build the new hall (Building Phase
I) for expanding the capacity in logistics and production
at the Marktschorgast location, with an investment
cost of approximately € 3,500,000. |
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| Vitrulan invested € 3,500,000
in building two halls for production and storage;
it continued to strengthen the Marktschorgast location
as well. |
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| Dr. Nikolaus
Grainer was appointed as Managing Director. |
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