International care technology, with a Dutch heart
Official Safety Statement Coronavirus
Improve care by innovation
Every day, we seek to develop better ways to support caregivers. To help them improve patients’ comfort and recovery. While benefitting from a reduced workload. Our work is all about making quality of care better and safer for everyone. From the first to the final breath, from new-borns to centenarians.
To continue making an impact, we constantly look to the future. Inventing, developing and integrating care technology that capitalises on new possibilities and rises to ever-changing challenges.
Everything we do is designed to allow more time and space for what really matters: better quality care through attention to detail.
CLB Group was awarded ‘Best North Holland Company 2021’ in the Large Enterprise category. Read more about this accolade.
Our story
1981CLB founded by Cornelis Louis Berghuijs
On Februari 1st, 1981, Cornelis Louis Berghuijs founded the family business C.L.B. Electronics B.V. in Amsterdam. The family business (4 employees at the time), was runned from the Kadoelenweg in Amsterdam.
1982First CLB Products launched
Medical devices for dentistry, neurology and ENT are within the first CLB Products. Soon after, a complete communication platform Unicare is launched: the revolunionary software platform, where alarms from different sources are presented in a single screen.
1983Unicare
Unicare was used for patient monitoring in care organisations as well as building management at the Department of Defense. The technological developments in the care market were progressing each day.
1989First office in De Rijp
CLB moved in to its first real offices in De Rijp, as it started to focus on the care and cure markets.
1990First publication
CLB was publiced in the local newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad. Thanks to Unicare provided, care was improved and organised more efficiently, resulting in lower work pressure for care providers.
1993Major steps thanks to ISDN
ISDN was introduced: a moment for many technology companies to make gaint leaps forward. More was possible, but also quicker, more reliable and also more affortable.
2001Second office in Raamsdonksveer
Following a successful acquisition, CLB also established itself in the Raamsdonksveer location in 2001.
2003Niels de Bruin becomes General Director and majority shareholder
Having joined CLB in 1993 as a graduate, in 2003 Niels de Bruin officially took over company founder Cor Berghuijs’s position as General Director and majority shareholder.
2011Foundations laid for new premises in De Rijp
After a few years, our first office in De Rijp became too small for the rapidly growing number of colleagues. So, it was time for a
2012De Rijp reopening & specialisation
Upon reopening the De Rijp premises, it was announced that operations here from now on would mainly focus on R&D, production and international sales, under the name CLB bv.*
2012Raamsdonksveer specialisation
Operations at the Raamsdonksveer location were, in turn, also adjusted to mainly focus on the important task of system integration, under the name CLB Integrated Solutions.*
2016Medical Alarm Distribution System (MADS)
The CLB Group introduces class IIb certified Medical Alarm Distribution System (MADS) for the most critical department: the Intensive Care. Later, a solution for home environments is added: MADS as a Service (MaaS).
2020New office in Oosterhout
One of the CLB Group offices, CLB Integrated Solutions in Raamsdonksveer, moves to a new office in Oosterhout. The sustainable building has been under development for over a year and contains all the features, from a solar cell roof to a relaxation room, café and more, for a future-oriented, comfortable (flex) workplace.
By closely watching and listening to the market, our partners, our end users and the people they care for, we keep ourselves in a position whereby we proactively continue to innovate. So our products and services can continue to answer, and transcend, important care issues.
What is our client’s situation? And where do they want to get to? What is the care requirement? And how can we look after that? The answers to these questions are the starting points for giving every end user a less-stressful future. Our drive? To continue improving care. For everybody, every day. As we have already been doing for over 35 years.
All CLB products are developed, produced and managed in-house. This gives us the highest level of quality control and ultimate flexibility.
BUSINESS UNITS
OUR SYSTEMS AND USERS
257,000+ care receivers and counting
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MISSION
Our mission is to ensure sustainable growth by providing innovative solutionsthat result in complete customer satisfaction for healthcare institutions, caregivers and all the people they serve.
VISION
‘Improve care by innovation’
We bring together the best technology, products, knowledge and services to deliver what our customers and our society truly deserve: the best possible care solution.
CORE VALUES
We Care
We Act
