sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message tente international gmbh type gmbh industry manufacturer of castors founded 1923 headquarters cologne germany products wheels castors number of employees 1 372 2015 website www.tente.com www.tente.co.uk www.tente.us www.tentecasters.ca tente international gmbh based in cologne germany is the holding company of the tente group . castors and wheels are manufactured under the tente registered trademark . the history of the company began in 1923 in the district of wermelskirchen tente with the sale of ball castors and castors for sliding cupboard doors . tente rollen gmbh in wermelskirchen is the largest subsidiary of tente international gmbh . with the production of castors and wheels for hospital beds shopping trolleys furniture and transport trolleys tente developed into the city s second largest employer in the following years . contents 1 founding and development up to 1970 2 development from 1971 to 1999 3 development from 2000 to 2013 4 market segments 4.1 tente institutional 4.2 tente medical 4.3 tente industrial 4.4 tente heavy duty founding and development up to 1970 edit adolf schulte founded tente rollen gmbh as a sales company in 1923 . the range of products included cast iron castors piano castors furniture and sliding door castors as well as tracks and fittings . the company began its own production from a garage ten years later . tente s product range grew continuously during the initial years of the economic miracle . from 1954 tente presented its products under the company logo with a roman chariot at national and international trade fairs . five years later the company moved to new factory and offices in tente herrlinghausen . in 1963 the institutional castor with swivel brake was unveiled for the first time an innovation that is known today as a directional lock . internationalisation for tente began one year later with membership of european standardisation committees . with the move to the new offices in 1965 electronic data processing also found its way into tente . in 1968 castor production exceeded 10 million units for the first time . two years later one of europe s first computerised high rack warehouses emerged at tente . development from 1971 to 1999 edit tente south africa tente s first branch office was founded together with the protea holding group in south africa in 1971 . in 1973 tente rollen gmbh expanded and started to operate a second high rack warehouse . tente usa is situated in hebron kentucky and was founded in 1979 . it develops and produces castors and wheels specifically for the us market . in 1983 raymond schulte resigned as managing partner and dr dietrich fricke who had been the managing director of tente in wermelskirchen since 1958 acquired the partner s shares . the first steps to present the company with a new corporate identity as a global brand already began in 1985 . tente acquired competitor hufa rollen a few years later and thanks to hufa s international subsidiaries now has a stronger market presence in england france ireland belgium and the netherlands . some of these companies were already agents of tente before the acquisition was made . 1991 saw the introduction of a new generation of hospital bed castors which were awarded numerous product design prizes . citation needed in 1994 tente developed its corporate identity for the 21st century with a modernised logo and a new corporate colour . two years later after acquiring the castor division of the company schulte the greif product name was added to the range . the czech subsidiary has been part of the tente company since 1997 and also serves slovakia . since 1997 new technologies have enabled the development of further products . within a very short time the hospital bed castor integral received two design awards . in 1998 tente founded a spanish subsidiary in barcelona tente spain which also serves the portuguese market . the company celebrated its 75th anniversary in the same year . in addition expansions to its factory and to the offices were completed and the third fully computerised high rack warehouse was built . development from 2000 to 2013 edit in the year 2000 the acquisition of bruandet a leading manufacturer of chair and furniture castors rounded off the tente range in this market segment . since 2002 there has been a subsidiary in sweden ; a north branch based in b nen and a south branch in nersingen were founded in germany in the same year . in the financial year 2003 tente polyurethane parts s.a.s. in macon france was taken over as a polyurethane specialist to further the company s activities in the heavy duty field . in 2005 tente founded a production plant and a sales office in suzhou china . in the two years that followed further subsidiaries emerged in hungary finland canada norway and japan . in 2007 tente rollen gmbh founded a subsidiary in pozna poland which became a subsidiary of tente international gmbh in 2013 . tente schwerlasttechnik gmbh specialising in the manufacture of heavy duty castors and wheels was founded in 2008 . the agent in denmark a tente agent since 1961 became a subsidiary in the same year . in the two years that followed tente founded further subsidiaries in italy latvia russia australia and switzerland . in 2013 two more subsidiaries were founded this time in belarus and in the ukraine . market segments edit tente institutional edit the institutional division provides castors for various applications including furniture chairs airline service trolleys and shopping trolleys . the tente designer castors have been awarded international prizes . tente medical edit tente is a world leader in the market for central locking bed castors . citation needed working with various hospital bed manufacturers tente develops castors for hospital and care beds . these castors are tailored to the specific requirements in the medical field such as regular cleaning at high temperatures electrical conductivity or low overall height . tente industrial edit this division provides transport equipment castors heat resisting castors and noise reduced castors for example . these castors were developed for continuous use in dusty or humid environments in high temperature environments and on uneven floors . tente heavy duty edit tente produces special heavy duty castors central locking castors and forklift wheels for safe and easy transportation of loads weighing several tonnes . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tente international & oldid 739634393 categories manufacturing companies based in colognegerman brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2015all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 22 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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