Codor Dorned, established in Amsterdam in 1951, set its sights on foreign trade from the outset and can now look back on many years of successful international trading.

In the early 1960’s Dorned started manufacturing machines for laminating and plastifying documents - brand name of this activity “CODOR® Laminating”. A revolutionary step at that time, which has proved to be a milestone in the company’s history, and Dorned has become one of the world’s most respected names in this specialised branch. CODOR® machines are used to laminate legal documents and to encapsulate official documents such as identification cards, driving licenses and passports.



In our modern society the significance of the plastic card has grown beyond all reasonable expectations, boosting the demand for Dorned’s CODOR® machines throughout the world. In many cases, such as club membership cards, customer cards and entry tickets, the security aspect of plastic cards has little or no priority, but in other instances - bank cards, credit cards, identity cards and access cards to security zones, a high degree of security is required. Particularly in the latter two cases, Dorned co-operates with police and security organisations throughout the world and develops products and techniques designed to protect these documents from wear, damage and falsification.

Codor Dorned has a very wide range of customers from passport and driving licence printers to manufacturers of household products. The company’s dedication to the security aspect is reflected in a wide range of machines for example:

  • The CODOR AutoLaminator, a machine designed for automatic lamination of identification cards which can incorporate equipment for embossing, punching, hologram application etc.
  • The CODOR LPB machine series, multi functional security laminating equipment specially designed for laminating passports in booklet form, driving licences, ID cards etc.
  • The CODOR security laminator. This machine will be adjusted for laminating one particular document.
The company provides a full range of custom made CODOR® machines for every known type of identification card and passport. With many years of experience in the field and with its own laboratory, Codor Dorned B.V. has become a world authority on the subject of security cards.

It has been the company’s specialisation in laminating and plastifying technology and a very long experience under continuous management which have made the company a preferred partner and supplier not only of machines, but of technology. The long-standing participation in international exhibitions reflects Codor Dorned’s focus on export trading, a policy which is as old as the company itself and which has been substantially responsible for its success. After nearly half a century in business, Codor Dorned has become a leading specialist in a sector with unforeseeable potential in the coming years.