The Cambro Story
Cambro was founded by two brothers, Bill and Argyle Campbell, in 1951,
when Bill invented the Camtray® and Argyle began selling the tray to
the American Hospital Supply Corporation. The Camtray was quickly
embraced by restaurant, hotel, school and cafeteria operators, and it
became the industry standard. Growing from this heritage, today we
offer the most complete line of sizes, shapes, colors and materials in
foodservice trays. Bill's creativity was the impetus for new product
development.
Throughout the 1960's, Cambro introduced Camcover® plate covers,
drinkware, dinnerware and serving bowls to provide operators with long
lasting tableware and serving items. Cambro also created the first
plastic food pan and the first clear food storage container. By
continuing to answer operators' storage needs, Cambro has developed the
complete food storage solution to help operators ensure food is stored
safe and fresh. This includes our recent innovations with our exclusive
FlipLid®, GripLid®, and SlidingLid™.
Cambro combined plastic molding with foam insulation in the early
1970's to create the first Camtainer®. This was the beginning of our
full line of insulated food and beverage containers that keep hot food
hot or cold food cold for holding, transporting and catering. Our
expansion in this area has been with our merchandising equipment that
helps operators grow their business using our CamKiosk®, Cambars®,
Salad Bars, Ice Caddies and more. 55 years of innovation!
In the eighties, Cambro began to export. Cambro acquired Presswerk
Kongen in 1997 and Ozay Manufacturing in 2004. Both of these European
tray manufacturers have enabled Cambro to expand throughout Europe and
offer the widest selection of trays on the globe. We now market all our
products worldwide and international sales represents a significant
part of our business. New product innovation is a tradition at Cambro.
In recent years we have introduced revolutionary products like the
Camrack® Warewashing System, Camshelving® and the thermoelectric
Camtherm® Cabinet.
Every product will continue to be engineered to help food service
operators increase sales, reduce labor and improve service. Over the
last fifty-five years, Cambro has grown from one product, the Camtray,
to thousands of products; from one salesman to a global sales and
distribution network; from two presses in a small shop to several
manufacturing capabilities. Yet, with our growth, the Cambro vision has
never wavered: we are committed to creating and providing the most
durable and highest quality products for the foodservice industry. |
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