Kymdan has been manufacturing its products for over 55 years. Kymdan’s reputation is not limited to our homeland, Vietnam, but has spread worldwide. The Kymdan Corporation has registered its brand in more than  87 different countries and regions. Its success is the result of hard work and on-going research through three generations.

Nowadays, when we talk about the KYMDAN Corporation we are talking about a world-wide recognised brand in mattress manufacturing.

The meaning of the name KYMDAN in Vietnamese language comes of "KỸ  nghệ Mousse ÐA Ngành"

Stage 1 (1954– 1975)

Mr. Van Dan Nguyen (Now settled down in France)

• Since prior to 1975, customers in Saigon have been familiar with Kymdan Mattresses. People can still recall Kymdan’s first appearance in 1954. The founder of the company, Mr Van Dan Nguyen (born in 1926 in Tan Duan Trung, Go Cong), gained patent license No 831 on September 26^th, 1962. The founder has been acknowledged for his tremendous efforts working on the design and manufacturing of foam mattresses.

Stage 2 (1984 – 1998)

• In 1975 (30 April 1975 – South Vietnam was liberated and Vietnam was unified.), Mr Van Dan Nguyen and his family migrated to France. Once settled, Mr. Van Dan Nguyen returned to his research, focusing on foam mattress manufacturing as means to make Kymdan products more reliable. Kymdan mattresses then became renowned for absorbing heat produced by the human body. As a result, Mr. Van Dan Nguyen acquired another patent license No 269364 from the Fair Trade Authorities in France on February 10^th, 1984.

Science and Technology of natural rubber book

• The founder’s son Mr. Huu Tri Nguyen, an engineer in the field and author of the book “Science and Technology of the natural rubber Industry” published in Vietnam, was determined to stay in his homeland of Vietnam in order to be involved in research on rubber.

• Kymdan products were unavailable in Vietnam during this period of time. By 1984, Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri (the son of Mr. Nguyen Van Dan) took up the position of Manager of the state-owned Enterprise for Life Improvement, controlled by the Union of Rubber Industry Enterprises, which produced Ho-Chi-Minh sandals, eel-pot-shaped sandals (for Vietnamese soldiers), military belts, roof panels (ebonite panels), tapises, rubber pipes, joints, engineering rubber, ....

• In 1989, when Vietnam began to have new movements in the economy, Mr. Tri made decision to re-produce natural foam rubber mattresses and to restore trade mark KYMDAN. In this period, he had a lot of applications of new technical and scientific achievements into production, making KYMDAN to become the type of mattress with unique and excellent quality.
  During the initial time of re-production, Mr. Tri faced a lot of difficulties which are the lack of equipment and consumers’ awareness toward a trade mark absent for a long time in the market since 1975 to 1988. However, Mr. Tri still believed in the future of this product type.

Stage 3 (since 1999 – production based on franchise)

• On Feb 1^st, 1999, Sai Gon Kymdan-Rubber Stock Company franchise was established. It has an advantage of rich pools from shareholders. It bravely invested to form subsidiary company, buy modern equipments, automate process, and increase producing capacity to meet higher needs of the local and foreign markets.
  
  

• The stage after privatization, Kymdan Company grows strongly its business volume and expands markets thanks to taking advantages of capital and mechanism. Successfully in privatization, only in short time of 1999-2008, its sales increase continuously (See the development chart). The higher sales each year is average of 37%. In some years, it reached 61%.

In this period of time, Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri acted as Chairman of the Management Board cum General Director of Saigon – KYMDAN Rubber Joint Stock Company. 

Stage 4 (from2009 – international integration period)

• Since 01 January 2009, the company management power and the position of General Director have been assigned by Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri to his son, Mr. Nguyen Tri Tan, and his team of youthful leaders. Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri continues his tenure of Chairman of the Management Board.

• Mr. Tan is the third generation of KYMDAN family that operates the company. Having been trained methodically overseas (graduated from Victoria of Technology – Melbourne, Australia, majoring in International Trade), and having experienced various titles such as Director of Kymdan Australia, Deputy General Director in charge of international trade, the experiences accumulated by Mr. Tan will be further developed once he handles the important responsibility of the executive leader of the Company. In reality, while under Mr. Tan’s directorship, Kymdan Australia was one of the most efficient affiliates of Kymdan beyond Vietnam’s border.

• Undertaking the title of General Director in the global economic recession with negative impacts hitting the Company’s production and business activities, this will be the chance for Mr. Tan himself and the young management board to prove their capabilities in the global integration setting, yet it is also the challenge and heavy responsibility undertaken by the executive managers to the Company’s shareholders and all its staff in the Company’s sustainable development.