History
Cortina Today
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Since 1950, when Cortina was founded, we have consistently specialized in first price shoes. In the beginning we started as a small shoe factory in Belgium but in the sixties Cortina started importing shoes from Italy. From 1980 on the shoe production has been moved to China.

   
 
  • One of the largest and probably the best organized shoe company in Europe
  • The ever growing success of Cortina is based on product quality and on time delivery at the lowest cost
  • Over 25 million pairs yearly
  • 60.000 sqm of Cortina warehouses with a capacity of 25.000 europallets
  • More than 1.500 customers in 15 countries
  • A yearly turnover of more than 150 million €
 

  • Our main target is to offer product quality and service at the lowest cost
  • We strongly believe in training and in giving our people responsibility
  • A horizontal structure is the basis of our management

 

 
 

Our own development team of 30 designers

 
  • translates the latest market and fashion trends into attractive product ranges
  • develops every 6 months a fashion collection of more than 5000 new shoe styles
  • is in direct contact with our sample rooms in Asia via the internet
  • develops Cortina brands and labels
  • assists our customers in developing their own designs and private labels
 

Our professional sales team

  • is always happy to present our extensive fashion collection of ladies’, children’s, sports’, house and men’s shoes, which can be ordered in small and large quantities
  • values the know-how and demands of your business
 
 
  • 25 years of experience and savoir-faire in Asia, vast buying power and our own quality assurance organization guarantees product quality and on time delivery
  • Cortina’s quality assurance organization covers 80 people in 4 offices who take care of material selection, production follow-up and quality control
  • All orders are manufactured in factories which are approved and continuously audited following the Cortina quality standards
 
  • Cortina is ISO 9001 certified and we are proud to be amongst the first in Europe to achieve this accreditation in the shoe business
  • Our dedication to transparent ISO procedures guarantees smooth operations and communications
  • Cortina is member of the SATRA Quality Organisation
 
 
  • Cortina has developed and manages a state of the art computer network, integrating product development, purchase, sales, administration, logistics and communication
  • Customers have access to our website to consult our collection, stocks and their purchase history online at http://www.cortina.be/logon/login.htm
  • IBM eServer iSeries: ILE RPG
 
  • SB Logistic NV is the logistics service partner of Cortina
  • Specialised in the distribution of shoes and textile in Europe
  • More than 2200 incoming containers yearly
  • More than 3000 outgoing trucks yearly