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CB is our life

Thanks to our large product portfolio of multicooker, chicken grills, hot ventilated counters, convection ovens and many other products, with a focus on quality-oriented cooking technologies, we at CB are able to meet the diverse requirements of our customers. Such as catering companies, restaurants, food production companies, food retailers, right up to small snacks and bistros, always guaranteeing professional and sustainable kitchen systems. We at CB realize all of this under one roof - the CB plant in Italy, which has existed since 1962, includes a state-ofthe-art development and production department, as well as the central management of all sales departments for over 90 countries worldwide.

OUR HISTORY IS OUR FUTURE

Technology, production and distribution on-site: these are our strengths. The flexibility required by today’s market is the stimulus for offering our customers the best possible solutions. As an industrial manufacturing company, we focus on sustainable quality-from raw materials used in production to new technologies for everyday use in the kitchen.

OUR CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABILITY

On-site production is our contribution to sustainability, which commences right from the equipment design phase. In fact, our goal is to continuously develop solutions able to minimise ­the consumption of resources, standardise the results and enhance the quality and flavours of the raw materials used.

SMART TECHNOLOGIES FOR MODERN KITCHENS

Our continuous commitment to research and development consistently ensures intelligent technologies for your professional kitchen so that it may be used to its full potential.  We revolutionise conventional cooking systems whilst also guaranteeing additional quality, efficiency and sustainability in everyday kitchen operations.

THE QUALITY OF FOOD IS OUR PASSION

Italian gastronomic culture is a heritage that we care deeply about.
Our passion for food and for Made in Italy is directly reflected in the sincere and spontaneous appreciation of our customers for the cooking results guaranteed by the advanced CB cooking systems.

CB - Our history

"My father, Pietro Colombo, founded this company with passion, and now, with the very same passion and com­mitment, we carry it on, always careful of blending culinary in­novation with tradition." (F. C.)

1962: The foundation
It was with the development of the lava rock grill and the chicken-spit with planetary system that CB’s long and compelling story began. These two innovative and brilliant solutions allowed the company to rapidly grow on the market.
1975: Food Truck: a gourmet restaurant on wheels!
The history of the food truck, also affectionately known as the “chuckwagon”, begins in Texas, USA, in 1866. However, it is at the beginning of the twentieth century that the 1st Italian food truck, with the contribution of an extraordinary Made-in-CB planetary chicken-spit, writes an important chapter in the company’s history. This same rotisserie, which enhances the attractiveness of the food it displays, is still today one of CB’s best-selling products.
1976: The Colombo Family
At the beginning of 1976, the first great step destined to definitively alter the original “DNA” of CB was made: the Colombo family bought the company and set out on a new and glorious path.
1981: The Mauri family and the first sales in Europe
It is with the entry of this second family that an advantageous and lasting partnership is born, a farsighted understanding that leads CB, already confident in its brand and its potential for globalization, to the closing of its first significant sales in Europe. An exceptional result that opens up a very long season of successes.
1985: Between tradition and innovation
In the mid-1980s, a vital period of innovation took place. Within CB came the first automatic machine for working sheet metal: an Amada punching machine.
1989: The birth of a computerised technical office
Despite its size, still quite significant if you consider that at that time, technology was mostly the privilege of large companies, CB decided to invest in computer science. The result was a technical office equipped with an avant garde Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system.
1991: A new and modern production plant
Con il progressivo aumento della produttività si rende necessario ripensare gli spazi di lavoro. Nasce così un imponente e moderno impianto produttivo, tuttora esistente, di 3000mq. Un’imponente sede che, oltre ad ospitare numerosi macchinari professionali per la lavorazione dell’acciaio, racchiude al suo interno i 3 pilastri fondamentali di CB: lo sviluppo, la produzione e la vendita.
1993: Infrared cooking technology
The Gyros series adopts infrared cooking technologies for the first time. A novelty that, thanks to continuous research and development, and years of experience, becomes a real trailblazer for the CB Cooking Innovation series
1998: Finn-Power
The first fully-automated FINN-POWER sheet metal processing plant was installed, including an automated warehouse, a punching machine and shears.
2004: International distribution
CB is internationally acclaimed for the high quality of its GV and Planetary series chicken-spits. This is demonstrated by their considerable sales volumes outside Italy, particularly in Russia and Saudi Arabia.
2010: Greater production flexibility
A new fully-automated plant for FINN-POWER sheet metal processing, which also integrated a panelling machine, was established. Thanks to this technology, CB is able to respond to the demands of its customers with even greater flexibly and to withstand the impacts of a rampant national crisis.
2013: CB Cooking Innovation
CB, on the occasion of the international hospitality fair HOST Milan, presents its revolutionary CB Cooking Innovation series. An absolute innovation, the first of its kind, which comes after years of development and sees, as an extraordinary added value, the joint application of two patented technologies: Modulated Infrared Cooking and the CB Self-Cleaning Innovation washing system.
2015: Investing in quality and precision
A latest generation TRUMPF 2D/3D Laser Cutting and Welding System joins the CB machinery park. A novelty, which, due to its completeness and versatility, is unique in its kind.
2016: Efficiency and speed
An automatic warehouse was installed for the management of spare parts and production components, guaranteeing the utmost precision, agility and safety.
2017: The founding of CB Academy
A unique reality that, with its impressive open kitchen, represents an extraordinary meeting point for professionals. A place of creativity and continuous experimentation that establishes the perfect setting for a whole host of tastings, demonstrations and cooking courses for our customers.
2020: The future is built in the present
It is built day by day, thanks to the development of solid business projects and continuous improvement. With this in mind, we, at CB, continued to invest throughout 2020. The result? Equipping our employees with the very best technologies on the market, and, at the same time, maximizing the quality of our renowned products.
2021: CB Academy expands
With the creation of our new kitchen-laboratory, CB Academy inaugurates an extremely advantageous location: an evocative exhibition space where the customer can observe the best of CB equipment at work, and a place dedicated to experimentation and the development of new products and recipes.
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