COR and its history

 

In 1955 Prince Bentheim Tecklenburg and Leo Lübke began manufacturing upholstered furniture in Rheda-Wiedenbrück under the name of COR - Latin for heart. This was because three hearts embellished the coat of arms of the founders. Barely a year later it was honoured with the first of many awards - the march of COR into the nations homes had begun. From the swinging sixties with Conseta to the seventies with Trio and the eighties with Zyklus until today.

 

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1954

Autumn 1954: the "Upholstered Furniture Factory" is founded by Leo Lübke – in the name of his son Helmut Lübke – and His Highness Prince Adolf of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. The company is registered in the name of Helmut Lübke, who takes over the reins at the ripe old age of 18 and goes on to steer the firm through 40 successful years.
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1955

1955 Michael Bayer designed an upholstered seating unit which consisted of 5 elements and therefore was called "QUINTA". It was the first modular programme of this kind, allowing for entirely new and flexible interior design.
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1964

In 1964 F. W. Möller designs the greatest success in COR’s history: Conseta, one of the world’s first modular furniture programmes.
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1969

In 1969 sees the start of COR’s highly productive relationship with Designer Peter Maly. A relative unknown at the time, he designs the seating group Trinom.
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1970

1970 In the seventies Orbis, designed by Luigi Colani, became one of the most successful furniture models of the day.
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1972

1972 saw the arrival on the scene of Trio from Schweizer team form ag. In 1994, exactly 25 years after the first design sketch, the same designers produced a "new" Trio that successfully recaptured those glory days.
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1994

1994 Helmut Lübke handed over the reins to his son Leo.
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2000

Arthe, designed by Prof. Wulf Schneider + Partner, is awarded the “Roter Punkt” for "High Design Quality", the highest honour the Nordrhein Westfalen Design Centre has to bestow. The company now has over 200 employees.
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2002

COR and interlübke open the first joint showroom in Hanover. In this flagship store the two brands are exclusively presented in a new ambience. The Scroll model wins the red dot: product design award shortly after its premiere at the international furniture fair in Cologne.
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2003

After Hanover and Cologne, COR and interlübke are opening additional brand stores in Munich, Hamburg, Berlin and Strasbourg. COR carpet marks the very first presentation of the company’s own carpet collection.
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2004

A year of anniversaries. COR turns 50 and Conseta 40 this year. The classic line receives the interior innovation award in the category “best classic”. Another COR+interlübke shop opens in Berlin.
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2005

After winning once in 2004, COR has again received the Design Award of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The COR Award for journalists will be given at the IMM in Cologne for the first time.
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2006

COR and interlübke open another exclusive flagship store in a prime location in Paris. COR will supply the Trinus recliner armchair for three new AIDA cruise ships, 1,800 chairs in total.
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2008

In september the COR und interlübke Haus is inaugurated. On around 5000 square meters it contains the showrooms of COR and interlübke, seminar rooms and offices.