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Exciting days at Orgatec are behind us, full of many guests and intensive discussions. For those who couldn't attend, here are some photo impressions of our stand with dynamic New Work inspirations. In addition to the new Jalis Flow sofa and…

At Orgatec in Cologne, COR, the seating furniture manufacturer based in East Westphalia, is expanding its Contract range with the launch of the new Jalis Flow sofa and additions to the Floater collection.

The seating furniture manufacturer COR has a long-standing tradition of training apprentices in three professions: upholstering, sewing and business. Time and again, COR trainees are among the best in their field. But what is so special about an…

From 22 to 26 September 2024, we will be welcoming trade visitors and the press to our showroom COR Haus. As part of this year's Interior Days [OWL], we will be showcasing our latest product innovations Siwa, Echo and Ipa.

 

The East Westphalian seating furniture manufacturer has continuously reduced its greenhouse gas emissions according to its recently published Sustainability Report 2022/2023. It has also improved its environmental footprint in many other respects.

Sponsored by the German Institute for Service Quality, the DUP UNTERNEHMER magazine and ntv, the award went to the East Westphalian seating furniture manufacturer for first place in the category of recycling with the CORever second-life programme.…

The premium brand put on an impressive display of its contract furniture at the Netherlands’ most important interior design trade fair, Design District Rotterdam, between 29 and 31 May. This year is the seventh iteration of the furniture industry…

At the end of last year COR launched its CORever second-life programme offering customers the chance to return disused pieces of furniture. The furniture items are then refurbished for resale by the family-run company in Rheda-Wiedenbrück/Germany.…

An intensive and successful week in Milan has come to an end. We would like to thank the numerous guests for the inspiring exchange. For those who couldn't attend, some impressions of our new designed showroom in Brera.

Siwa is the name of an oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert. It is also the name of a sofa promising an oasis of calm in the midst of a hectic world. The island sofa was designed by the Altherr Désile Park studio in Spain and realised by seating furniture…

German premium brand is staging innovative seating furniture for creative interior design at the heart of Brera. The temporary showroom’s historical architecture is the ideal setting for the presentation of significant design. This year’s new product…

BERLIN, March 2024 The bdia (Association of German Interior Designers) welcomes the East Westphalian company COR Sitzmöbel as a member of the promotion network. The premium brand has been owner-managed since it was founded in 1954 and manufactures…

At this year's imm cologne we had exciting days with numerous visitors and intensive discussions! For those who couldn't be there, here are photo impressions of our new, modular booth.

Over the past twelve months, the upholstered furniture manufacturer from East Westphalia has focussed on investments to improve factory productivity and on the 50th anniversary of Trio. Total sales declined slightly to EUR 47.9 million, which is a…

Uniting strong principles with infinite variety, the Conseta sofa is not just a milestone in COR’s history but also in design history. The upholstered furniture programme has been winning over private and public spaces for 60 years.

German seating furniture manufacturer COR’s existing collection has been supplemented with new upholstery fabrics and leather. And that’s not all. There are also two new upholstered tables.

East Westphalian furniture manufacturer COR’s new Nook sofa has won the German Design Award 2024 for being an example of excellent furniture design.

East-Westphalian seating furniture manufacturer COR launches a shop-in-shop concept for retail partners.

With its CORever second-life programme the premium brand is extending its commitment to protecting the environment and setting an example for more sustainability.

The regional concept for the Interior Days [OWL] event, which is now taking place in East Westphalia for the third year in a row, obviously has staying power. It is scheduled to take place from 17 to 21 September 2023 and the numerous regional…

COR has teamed up with Audit-NRW GmbH, Westag AG and the Rheda-Wiedenbrück Economic Development Office to co-found the Data Protection Working Group for SMEs in Rheda-Wiedenbrück.

East Westphalia-based seating furniture manufacturer COR is presenting the new products in its range and welcoming guests from Germany and neighbouring European countries at imm Spring Edition in Cologne.

The premium furniture brand will present its contract furniture impressively at the most important interior design fair in the Netherlands, which will take place from 24 to 26 May in the historic Van Nelle factory in Rotterdam.

Same space - new staging! For Milan Design Week, we set up our showroom in the Brera Design District with this year's new products Nook, Shrimp23 and Jalis Club. Our design classic TRIO sofa also travelled to Milan to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

COR will be providing a glimpse into the future of furniture design at Fuorisalone in Milan. The company is showcasing its vision for aesthetic seating furniture design in the form of the new Nook sofa, together with the Shrimp and Jalis Lounge…

The East Westphalian furniture manufacturer’s contract furniture business is growing as a result of the new work trend, which is here to stay. As in the previous year COR is exhibiting at WORKSPACE in Paris, Europe’s leading specialist exhibition.…

At the beginning of the year Tobias Janorschke joined the management team at the East Westphalian seating furniture manufacturer with responsibility for digitalisation and process management.

 

Revenue of EUR 50 million in 2022 represents 6 per cent year-over-year growth for the East Westphalia-based seating furniture manufacturer. This is the company’s seventh uptrend year in succession.

There were two occasions to celebrate for our trainee Jacqueline Duhme. Started at COR in 2019, she completed her training as the best of East Westphalia-Lippe region and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. For the award ceremony in Bielefeld and…

This piece of furniture is integrative and mobile, but it isn’t a status symbol and it certainly isn’t loud. Trio’s distinctive features are its simple form, clear lines and complete absence of frills. The single stand-out detail in the deliberately…

The NOTO collection by Pauline Deltour has received the Stylepark Selected Award 2022. We are very happy and would like to say a big thank you to Stylepark, which honors the best new products with its annual award. The jury especially honored…

With Jalis Lounge, COR is in the final of the Best of Year Award 2022 - in the category "contract seating: lounge". Every year, the US Interior Design Magazine honors the most important designs of the year as well as designers, architects and…

Many thanks to all guests who visited us at the COR Haus during the Interior Days [OWL]! For those who couldn't attend, some impressions of the new designed showroom.

From 15 to 17 September, COR will be present with a selection from its current furniture collection at the "GLUE amsterdam connected by design". In the Hotel Arena – HUB, Drop and Nenou will be on show alongside Floater configurations. "Amsterdam has…

In the heart of Brera COR presents creative interior design with innovative furniture concepts. The historical architecture of the temporary showroom sets the stage for significant design by French designer Pauline Deltour and the German designer duo…

The German premium furniture manufacturer has injected new inspiration into the Munich interior design scene by opening a COR Studio with an adjoining contract furniture showroom at Leopoldstraße 254. The entire COR product and brand world is…

At its temporary showroom in the Circo Solferino at the heart of the Brera Design District COR will present the current Noto, Jalis21 and Jalis Lounge designs.

At the annual trade fair for design and furniture in Paris, which opens its doors from 30 May to 1 June 2022, the spotlight will be on future workplace design. COR will be showcasing its comfortable contract furniture there.

Companies throughout the East Westphalia-Lippe region have joined forces with the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2030. The initiator is the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

 

Our homes continue to be a special focus. Whether as a temporary work island, a safe haven or a place for socialising. Many functions need to be fulfilled without neglecting the feel-good factor. More than ever, user requirements are oriented towards…

COR closed 2021 with record sales of 47.1 million euros. 12 percent more than in 2020 and with a slightly increased export share of 23 percent, the East Westphalian upholstered furniture manufacturer is looking confidently to the future. Incoming…

With the Farmer armchair, COR is entering the finals of the German Sustainability Award Design 2022. We would like to thank the jury of experts who nominated products and visions wich are outstanding examples of sustainable design. Looking forward to…

Thinking and acting sustainably has been an integral part of our corporate DNA since the day the company was founded. We focus on the durability and quality of our products and the associated conservation of resources. We have done a great deal over…

We are deeply saddened by the sudden death of Pauline Deltour and our thoughts are with her family. Gone far too soon, she will be very sorely missed. She delighted and inspired us with her charisma, her elegant manner and her lightness. As a young…

Online offerings are more popular than ever, but high-quality print products have also positioned themselves as valued sources of inspiration. They remain part of brand communication.

The enthusiasm for a new design often only lasts until the next trend. Real design originals, on the other hand, are everlasting. But what distinguishes it? How do you recognize their authenticity?

Let yourself be inspired by the new products for 2021. Take a seat on the Jalis21, which is close to the floor, get the Farmer Chair in the garden or use the extendable Delta table in many different ways.

With the re-edition of the "Farmer", COR is re-issuing a classic from the 1960s. Natural materials in high-quality workmanship pay tribute to the simply ingenious design of an evergreen for living with and in nature.

More time at home? The new Farmer Chair provides seating comfort both inside and out. The divan version of the Jalis21 sofa brings a touch of the Orient into the home. Delta in XL format offers plenty of room at the table. And new upholstered…

The 2020 corporate year was more turbulent than virulent: After initial ups and downs, COR once again increased its annual sales and at the same time achieved the highest order intake since it was founded.

Individual design with a collective mission: COR contract furniture conquers space. The new model variants for creative open-space concepts can be specified in a variety of ways and will be available in stores from 2021.

In the age of digital media, sustainability and resource conservation, access to data sources and online offering is becoming increasingly important. On the other hand, high-quality print products remain a valued brand ambassador and an important…

An entirely new approach in lighting design: COR is one of the first furniture manufacturers to integrate Plug & Light into one of its pieces of furniture. Just choose the desired switch design, the matching Plug & Light attachment and take a seat on…

Fine upgrades for classics and current programmes! Conseta, Pilotis, Drop and Jalis are kicking off 2020 with a wide range of model variants for new living environments.

imm cologne, 13 to 19 January, Hall 11.3, Stand ST10/TU19

Even smaller upholstered furniture from COR has a large design format and offers a great deal of comfort in a small space. Please take a seat – and change your sitting habits!

Since the beginning of its company history, COR has been synonymous with timeless and innovative furniture design. Three design classics will now be presented from 20 to 22 November 2019 in the luxurious JSWB Mall in Shanghai by Schelbach Home.

 

The German premium furniture brand is presenting its COR LAB products impressively at the most important interior design fair in the Netherlands, which is taking place from 5 to 7 June in the historic Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam.

With Nenou, designer Jörg Boner and COR have together created an architectural furniture concept which produces unconventional living images and new spatial topographies. World premiere: COR Salon, Brera Design District in Milan, 9 to 14 April 2019

From 9 to 14 April, the premium furniture brand made in Germany will present forward-thinking interior design with new creations from international designers. The 2019 collection, presented exclusively for Milan in the COR Salon, was created in…

How to transfer the comfort of upholstery to a modern chair? Alvo transforms the oriental tradition of sitting on cushions and creates a new form of sedentariness. Premiere: imm cologne 2019

Live it up in the New Year! Create your own personal favourite place with furniture from COR (Latin for heart). Premiere imm cologne, 14 to 20 January, Hall 11.3, Stand ST10/UT19

In the 2018 financial year, the seating and upholstered furniture manufacturer COR once again benefited from its innovative strength, increasing its performance and expanding its market position. The total sales of 40 million euros are three percent…

"Flow" is the word used by psychologists to describe a state of happiness in which people are completely absorbed in their occupation. At Orgatec 2018 from 23 to 27 October in Cologne, Hall 10.2, Stand Q10/P11, COR will be demonstrating just how much…

Founded in 1954, the seating furniture manufacturer COR has been specialising in product development and customised solutions for the contract sector since several years. Market shares in the contract business are growing. The current focus is on…

Since 9 September 2008, the brand house in Rheda-Wiedenbrück has been regarded as a hotspot for modern furniture design. COR has been operating the brand centre exclusively since November 2015: with a showroom for home furniture and a trade…

A sofa as soft as down, purist coffee tables, cool sofa beds, new frame variants, an easy chair detail for deep thinkers: Welcome to living with COR! Premiere imm cologne, 15 to 21 January, Hall 11.3, S10/T11

Deep relaxation – a state of mind that our sofa design "Moss" has taken as its manifesto. The new upholstered furniture is more than soft to rest on: like a bed made of moss. Premiere imm cologne, 15 to 21 January, Hall 11.3, S10/T11

Making the workspace more liveable! Four design teams have created new furniture for living and working in a new balance. The resulting COR LAB collection will be shown at the imm cologne in a special presentation: COR LAB, Hall 11.03/Stand T12

The COR manufactory, which has just received "Blue Angel" eco-label certification, is ending the financial year 2017 with an increase in sales of around 11 percent, with the overall net result amounting to around 39 million euros. Due to a successful…

The passion for high-quality, innovative textiles has united the manufactories COR Sitzmöbel and rohi stoffe GmbH for half a century. Their current exhibition "Textile Artworks" at COR Haus presents unique carpets from the 13RUGS collection in…

On 9 November, Steffi and Thomas Raum opened the newly designed brand studio in Lorenzer Strasse. The most beautiful COR seating furniture and interlübke living and bedroom furniture are presented on 400 square metres of exhibition space. The…

From 10 to 12 November, the COR interlübke Studio Vienna is extending an invitation to DESIGN 2017 in the MAK/Museum for Applied Art. Preview: "Moss", a spacious and deeply comfortable new upholstered range, is already being presented ahead of the…

Future workshop, collection premiere, thematic exhibition: In the "COR Lab", four design teams have shaped the future of the workspace. The result is six furniture designs which will be shown for the first time as a compatible ensemble in an…

"Floater" creates comfortable, intimate work lounges for temporary sitting. In her new sofa programme, designer Pauline Deltour has added the stool and pouf "Drop" as playful accompanying tools.

It is no coincidence that the term workshop is now understood throughout the world. For meetings in a creative atmosphere, where good ideas count more than the protocol, Uwe Fischer has designed the height-adjustable table "Level" and the upholstered…

With a mobile, functional trolley in mind, the designer duo Aust & Amelung developed "Bond", a whole family of filigree peripheral furniture. In the new COR Lab collection they function as connecting links that can be combined with all items of…

Basically, a new generic name is needed for the furniture design "Chart". The designer duo Ana Relvão and Gerhardt Kellermann use it to form functional zones instead of limiting or separating the space with barriers.

The G20 summit was held in Hamburg from 7 to 8 July 2017, and some of its furnishings came from East Westphalia.

To coincide with the release of the new catalogue in three volumes (CONSETA/SOFAS AND EASY CHAIRS/CHAIRS AND TABLES) the premium brand COR is going online with its new B2C Configurator – for the long seller Conseta.

Psychologists say that the ability to enjoy enhances our lives. So should every day be celebrated? "Start with your home furnishings," is the advice of Reiner B. Mortensen, Managing Director of COR interlübke Studio Vienna, as he extends an…

In Hamburg's new Apartimentum our models show themselves to their very best advantage.

Culinary compositions flatter the senses, and a tasteful interior design can also do its bit. Living à la COR? Our style guide for the imm cologne 2017 whets the appetites of (new) connoisseurs.

 

Why do we develop a relationship with our furniture? Tailored fabric or leather covers transform furniture designs into lifelong personal companions - which receive new "likes" every day.

In 2016, the premium manufacturer COR invested around 1.5 million euros in its manufacturing plant and the expansion of its international sales force. With ranges such as Trio, Pilotis and Mell Lounge, new target groups were opened up, with the sofa…

PREVIEW: At DESIGN 2016 from 11 to 13 November at the MAK in Vienna, the COR interlübke Studio is couching its guests on comfortable cushions and unfolding an entire home landscape – based on the form of a folded cushion – from the orientally…

Premium manufacturer COR is surprising everyone at Orgatec 2016 with an installation that creates architecture from contract furniture with space-creating characteristics. Inside, six individually furnished theme islands show how the workspace can be…

Comfortable, functional and architecturally oriented: With the new office chair Cordia Plus as well as the enhancements to the Affair and Scope ranges, COR Sitzmöbel presents flexible concepts to give your workspace a homely feel. Premiere: Orgatec…

Both men have made furniture and design history: Peter Maly as a designer, Helmut Lübke as an entrepreneur and managing director of COR from 1954 to 1994. Congratulations to Peter Maly on his 80th birthday today! Only a few months previously, in June…

Print versus digital – a much-discussed topic to which we devote ourselves intensively in the design and communication of our brand world. When you open our new catalogues, there is one thing in particular that we want to achieve: to convey to you an…

The pleasure that people experience with beautiful seating and upholstered furniture grows when it is shared with others. In an innovative campaign, COR communicates how this "living delight" then works. - The contract segment is also developing…

In the legal clarification of the post-contractual conduct of online retailer Reuter, COR has been supported and vindicated by the recent rulings of the Regional Court of Cologne and the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn. Since the submission of a…

Look forward to the COR and interlübke collection for Wohnen & Interieur 2016, Exhibitor: COR interlübke Studio Vienna! At the exclusive Viennese "COR interlübke Studio" the manager Reiner B. Mortensen demonstrates how well seating and upholstered…

How much architecture does seating culture need? Our answer comes in the shape of the new upholstered furniture concepts PILOTIS and TRIO. The easy chair CORDIA LOUNGE and the solid wood table DELTA are also making their debut. Two shelves complement…

As flexible as life and a very private living style: Using just three basic elements, countless favourite places or entire seating landscapes can be created with TRIO.

Since the end of November 2015, the seating manufacturer COR has been running the property at Hauptstraße 74 independently. It originally opened as the "COR und interlübke Haus" in 2008. The newly designed "COR Haus" with its innovative utilisation…

Contract furniture from COR has been nominated four times for the Best-of-year (BOY) Award of the US magazine Interior Design – a success that crowns the brand's growing international presence in the contract segment.

With the three new individual catalogues 2015-16, the finest representatives of our seating furniture factory are coming hot off the press. To be continued...

Bad examples must not be allowed to catch on. This is the warning issued by the "Plagiarius", which protects creative ideas, the original and its manufacturer. On 13 February, Leo Lübke, Managing Partner of COR, accepted the corresponding certificate…

Bernd Ramsaier is the manager of the new COR interlübke Studio Stuttgart – Top collection of the premium brands with a touch of luxury – Inspiration for urbane living

Twelve percent sales growth in the 60th year of business – German Design Award for trade fair presentations - New management at the factory

Whatever you do at your workplace, seating furniture from COR will be great colleagues – product launches and new developments: ORGATEC 21-25 October 2014, Hall 10.2, Stand Q10/P11

Changing brand communication – making values come alive

COR celebrates 60th anniversary in 2014 – Positive interim balance – Founding idea continues to bear fruit – Unmistakable identity, long-lasting product cycles, continuous proof of origin

The seat of well-designed furniture – a matter of the heart at COR for 60 years – model history shaped by renowned designers such as Jehs+Laub

 

On 1 April 2014, Friedel Ortkraß is celebrating his 50th year of service at COR. None of his colleagues has managed this before, with the exception of "Lady" CONSETA. For both of them, their memorable company careers began in 1964.

In 2014, the 212 staff at the renowned furniture manufactory in Ostwestfalen are celebrating 60 years of COR. Together with Leo Lübke they will continue to ensure that people all over the world sit in "princely" fashion.

In January 1964, a simple yet ingenious furniture design was introduced to the professional world – with devastating results. In 2014, CONSETA is one of the sofa classics worldwide.