The origins of Cedo can be traced back to the formation of Polylina in the UK in 1965 and Paclan in Germany in 1977. Key milestones along the way include:

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  1965

  The Poly-Lina company was established in the UK

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  1977

  The Paclan company was established in Germany

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  1988

  Poly-Lina opens new plan in Telford, UK

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  1991

  Management buyout of Poly-Lina

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  1993

  Production commences in Poland

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  1996

  Poly-Lina was acquired by Delton AG, Bad Homburg, Germany

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  1998

  Paclan was acquired by Delton and Poly-Lina & Paclan merged to form Cedo

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  1999

  Acquisition of recycling plant in Geleen, Netherlands

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  2001

  New manufacturing plants opened in Wroclaw, Poland and Shanghai, China

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  2009

  Rutland Partners acquired the Cedo group

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  2011

  Cedo develop Zero-Water dry recycling technology

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  2012

  New manufacturing plant opened in Vietnam

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  2013

  China operations moved to Vietna

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  2014

  Cedo group acquired by Straco