COR
COR Sitzmöbel is a German upholstered furniture company, founded in autumn 1954 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück (East Westphalia) by Leo Lübke senior — in the name of his son Helmut and the Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg, whose family coat of arms bore three hearts. From this coat of arms the brand name was drawn: "Cor" is Latin for heart. The company has been family-managed ever since; today Leo Lübke — grandson of the founder — leads the house. COR produces entirely in Rheda-Wiedenbrück: from the beech wood frame (from 80–100-year-old trees, mortise and tenon joints, no screws) through upholstery to covers — with a total of approximately 234 employees across ten production departments. The company sources leather from southern Germany, upholstery fabric from Italy, and cover textiles from a southern German textile manufacturer whose fabrics also cover seats on leading airlines' aircraft. Raw wood offcuts from frame production fuel the factory's heating system. Since 2020 COR has held climate-neutral certification. All upholstered products carry the Blue Angel and Greenguard Gold marks.
Iconic product: Conseta sofa, designed in 1964 by Friedrich Wilhelm Möller — one of the world's first modular upholstery programmes, in continuous production for 60 years, honoured with the Interior Innovation Award in its anniversary year of 2014. Further classics: Quinta (Michael Bayer, 1959 — first modular seating programme in the portfolio), Orbis (Luigi Colani, 1970s — organic-futuristic lounge system), Trio (team form ag/Franz Hero + Karl Odermatt, 1972/73 — 50th anniversary 2023), Zyklus (Peter Maly, 1983 — "Furniture Piece of the Year" 1984). Current long-term partnerships: Jehs + Laub (Stuttgart — 8 products for COR), Studio Vertijet, Wulf Schneider. Awards: over 60 product and corporate prizes. Reference: MS EUROPA 2 (Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, from 2013 — 251 suites with 681 COR items).
For architects and interior designers seeking German upholstered furniture competence at world market level, COR is the only address in Rheda-Wiedenbrück that combines craft manufacturing depth (beech frames without screws, 10 production departments, a sustainability chain extending to the factory's own heating) with a 70-year design archive that unites Colani, Maly, Möller and Jehs+Laub under a single roof.
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COR Sitzmöbel is a German upholstered furniture company, founded in autumn 1954 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück (East Westphalia) by Leo Lübke senior — in the name of his son Helmut and the Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg, whose family coat of arms bore three hearts. From this coat of arms the brand name was drawn: "Cor" is Latin for heart. The company has been family-managed ever since; today Leo Lübke — grandson of the founder — leads the house. COR produces entirely in Rheda-Wiedenbrück: from the beech wood frame (from 80–100-year-old trees, mortise and tenon joints, no screws) through upholstery to covers — with a total of approximately 234 employees across ten production departments. The company sources leather from southern Germany, upholstery fabric from Italy, and cover textiles from a southern German textile manufacturer whose fabrics also cover seats on leading airlines' aircraft. Raw wood offcuts from frame production fuel the factory's heating system. Since 2020 COR has held climate-neutral certification. All upholstered products carry the Blue Angel and Greenguard Gold marks.
Iconic product: Conseta sofa, designed in 1964 by Friedrich Wilhelm Möller — one of the world's first modular upholstery programmes, in continuous production for 60 years, honoured with the Interior Innovation Award in its anniversary year of 2014. Further classics: Quinta (Michael Bayer, 1959 — first modular seating programme in the portfolio), Orbis (Luigi Colani, 1970s — organic-futuristic lounge system), Trio (team form ag/Franz Hero + Karl Odermatt, 1972/73 — 50th anniversary 2023), Zyklus (Peter Maly, 1983 — "Furniture Piece of the Year" 1984). Current long-term partnerships: Jehs + Laub (Stuttgart — 8 products for COR), Studio Vertijet, Wulf Schneider. Awards: over 60 product and corporate prizes. Reference: MS EUROPA 2 (Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, from 2013 — 251 suites with 681 COR items).
For architects and interior designers seeking German upholstered furniture competence at world market level, COR is the only address in Rheda-Wiedenbrück that combines craft manufacturing depth (beech frames without screws, 10 production departments, a sustainability chain extending to the factory's own heating) with a 70-year design archive that unites Colani, Maly, Möller and Jehs+Laub under a single roof.