CORDENKA – the timeline of lasting performance
| 1938 | Glanzstoffwerke starts production of CORDENKA® rayon tire yarns at its facility in Obernburg. | |
| 1948 | Algemene Kunstzijde Unie (AKU) starts production of CORDENKA® rayon tire yarns in Arnhem (NL). | |
| 1968 | Enka Glanzstoff founded through merger of AKU and Glanzstoff. CORDENKA becomes part of the Enka Glanzstoff Industrial Fibers business unit. | |
| 1969 | Akzo founded through merger of AKU and KZO (Koninklijke Zout Organon). Fibers business continues as Enka Glanzstoff. | |
| 1977 | Enka Glanzstoff renamed "Enka". | |
| 1988 | Enka Fibers business becomes Akzo Fibers. | |
| 1994 | Akzo Nobel formed through merger with Nobel Industries. | |
| 1998 | Industrial Fibers business unit becomes the independent legal entity Akzo Nobel Industrial Fibers within Akzo Nobel. | |
| 1999 | Akzo Nobel Industrial Fibers integrates into Acordis, and continues its operations as Acordis Industrial Fibers. | |
| 2002 | The company leaves Acordis Industrial Fibers and becomes an independent business, operating under the name CORDENKA GmbH, with headquarters in Obernburg. | |
| 2003 | Start of converting production in Gorzów/Poland. | |
| 2004 | CORDENKA expands rayon production capacity at its Obernburg headquarters to 32,000 tons per year. | |
| 2009 | Expansion of converting production from 14.000 up to 18.000 tons per year. | |
| 2011 | Purchase of CORDUS converting plant, situated in Muehlhausen/Thueringen in Germany. |