Statue of Hendrik Tollens in the park in Rotterdam
Paint and varnish factories Tollens & amp; Co. was a verff factory in Rotterdam whose history dates back to 1748 and has existed until 1986. Today, the name Tollens is still used as a painter. History
The company's founder is Johannes Jodocus Tollens, who came from Zomergem, who had a workshop with a shop at Rotterdam's Goldseason, where he sold brushes and later paint brushes. Then he also sold paint and varnish, after which he handled the production himself. When, in 1778, son Carolus Tollens joined the case, the company Tollens & amp; Zn. The case was established outside the city, at the place where the Nieuwe Kerkstraat would later be built.
As director, Carolus was succeeded by Hendrik Tollens, who became famous for his close art and became so famous during his life that after his death in 1856 a statue for him was established in Rotterdam. This image would also be a prominent place in the advertisement's advertisements.
Hendrik had withdrawn from the company in 1846. Cornelis Laurentius Kolff, who married a daughter of Hendrik, took over the case after which he would remain in the hands of the Kolff family for several generations.
Cornelis Laurentius split the company into a varnish factory at the Kortekade and a paint factory on the Beer Street. After the paint factory had burned down in 1855, both parts went back to the Boschhoek. This continued until the company, now led by Cornelis Kolff, was destroyed at the Bombardement in Rotterdam in 1940. A new factory was opened in 1942, now overschiech Overschiescheweg.
In 1960, the company Tollens was converted into a Public Limited Company, followed by acquisitions of the NV Amstellin Muurverven in Assen and the NV Chemical Factory Glim in Rotterdam. End
In the course of the 1960s, Tollens worked with an English manufacturer, and in this context, the company specialized in Tollens Coatings BV on the professional market. After that, the French SEPO group took an interest in Tollens. Between 1983 and 1986, production was transferred to Breda. In 1992, the company was acquired by the French Lafarge Group. This moved the production to France and closed the Bredase factory. Since then, the name Tollens is only connected to a sales and distribution company. As far as the Benelux is concerned, it is located at Temse.
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