History

As long ago as 1691 the Ten Cate family protested about an increase in import duties by England. The first official Ten Cate document dates from 1704.

Two branches

The current TenCate company has its roots in Almelo and Nijverdal. The firm of H. ten Cate Hzn. & Co operated independently in Almelo until 1957. Thomas Ainsworth laid the basis for the Royal Steam Weaving Mill (KSW) in Nijverdal in 1836. In 1957 the two former competitors turned the existing cooperation into a merger. The NV Textilefabrieken ten Cate / KSW was born.

After a change of name to Royal Nijverdal–Ten Cate in 1982, and to Royal Ten Cate nv in 1995, the last step was taken to the current TenCate in 2006.

Important dates

1691 Request to the provincial government of Overijssel also in the name of the Ten Cate family

1704 First official document of the firm of H. ten Cate Hzn. & Co

1836 Thomas Ainsworth set up a weaving mill in Nijverdal

1851 The Salomonson brothers acquired the estate of Ainsworth, after his death in 1849.

1852 Godfried Salomonson is allowed to carry the Royal title

1957 Merger of KSW and H. ten Cate Hzn. & Co.

1982 Change of name to Royal Nijverdal–Ten Cate nv

1991 Sales for the first time above 1 billion guilders

1993 Listing on the stock exchange

1995 Change of name to Royal Ten Cate nv

2006 Branding project: new corporate style and new commercial divisional structure.