Csk history

His Model T, introduced in 1908, was the first car to be mass produced and therefore affordable to the middle class.

1917: Schuck's Auto Supply is founded in Seattle, Washington.

Tennessee Eastman delivered its first shipment of methanol to Rochester in July 1921.

By 1929 there were 26.7 million cars registered in the United States, and any number of businesses were established to maintain and service them.

Sales in 1930 were $1.95 million, with acetic anhydride and lumber ranking as the company's two major products.

That year, 1932, also was the first year Tennessee Eastman's trade sales exceeded its sales to Kodak.

By 1940 Tennessee Eastman was recording nearly $30 million in annual sales, an exponential increase from the $1.95 million generated ten years earlier.

1947: Kragen Auto Parts is founded in San Jose, California.

Tennessee Eastman, meanwhile, had undergone a name change, switching its corporate title from Tennessee Eastman Corporation to Tennessee Eastman Company in 1951.

With filter tow sales leading the way, Tennessee Eastman registered $244 million in annual sales in 1960, continuing to record exponential leaps in annual revenues decade by decade.

Checker Auto Parts was not founded until 1968, when Valley Distributing Company in Phoenix converted a country-and-western dance hall into its first store.

1969: Checker Auto Parts is founded in Phoenix, Arizona.

With this collection of companies banded together, annual sales generated by the division shot upward, swelling to $588 million in 1970, a revenue total derived in large part from the production of filter tow and polyester fibers.

1987: Jules and Eddie Trump combine Schuck's, Kragen, and Checker chains to form CSK Auto, then known as Northern Automotive.

In 1990 Kodak reorganized its chemicals division, renaming it Eastman Chemical Company.

As a result, Kodak spun off its chemical subsidiary to Kodak shareholders on the first day of 1994, creating the tenth largest chemical company in the country.

In 1996 CSK Auto announced that it was going to make a public offering of its stock, with the intention of raising about $100 million to pay off debt.

Late in 1997 CSK Auto paid $38 million to acquire 80 California stores from Trak Auto Corp., which opted to focus on its outlets located in the East and Midwest.

AutoZone in 1998 had well over 2,000 stores, with an estimated potential of 5,000, and was quickly becoming what amounted to the first true national auto parts chain.

In June 1999 it purchased the 86 stores of Apsco Products Company that operated as Big Wheel or Rossi outlets.

Eastman was determined to take advantage of the new technology, and in October 2000 it announced a plan to make its chemicals and polymers available through online business-to-business relationships with existing customers, as well as through its web site and a number of virtual marketplaces.

In January 2008, the first auctions took place.

In 2009, CSK bought English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for a whopping amount of 1.55 million dollars.

CSK had a meek start to the 2010 season, winning only 2 out off 7 games.

They also equaled Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 2011 record of 7 wins on a trot.

It was again a slow start for the Super Kings but they picked up their pace in the latter half of the 2012 tournament.

In May 2013, Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Srinivasan, was arrested on charges of placing bets on IPL matches.

In 2014, before the players’ mega-auction, CSK retained Dhoni, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, and Bravo.

In 2015, they lost in the finals to Mumbai Indians.

The ban was lifted and the team CSK returned in 2018.

The IPL season 2019 was really an unlucky one for the team Chennai Super Kings (CSK). After a great early start, the team became the 1st to qualify for the Playoffs.

The M.S. Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings became the 1st team to be eliminated from the race of IPL 2020.