Important dates in the company’s story

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1935

Franz Dolezych founds the company in Dortmund, Germany

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1949

Reconstruction of the factory, destroyed in the Second World War

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1968

Udo Dolezych joins the company

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1969

Company expansion

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 End of 1970s

Introduction of textile lifting and lashing chains

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1979

Udo Dolezych becomes Managing Director

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1988

Dolezych patents the first product: a tension force measuring device (today there are about 120 patents and utility models)

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1990

Udo Dolezych becomes sole managing director

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The range of services is being expanded to include specialist seminars.

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1992

Branch founded in Kattowice, Poland

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1995

Wrapping the Reichstag with Dolezych lashing straps

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2003

Branch founded in Kunshan, China

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2007

Branch founded in Kiev, Ukraine

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2008

Branch founded in Santiago de Chile, Chile

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2010

The company celebrates its 75-year anniversary

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2011

Tim Dolezych joins the company

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2012

Branch founded in Voronezh, Russia

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2013

Branch founded in Istanbul, Turkey

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Doleco USA was founded

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2013

Tim Dolezych becomes managing director

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