Henk Klop - Klop Innovations / AIRBO
Henk Klop - Klop Innovations / AIRBO
After having managed a shop in amongst others home appliances for several years, I founded Klop Innovations B.V. in 2006. We develop innovative tools for construction and installation and put them on the market with the help of our dealers. Our product range varies from a mobile workbench to an ultra-strong vacuum cleaner allowing the user to work particulate-free! All our products have been developed as a result of problems users experienced in praxis. For this reason we developed, in close cooperation with Leen van der Zande, the AirBo Aircleaner; a lightweight, compact and extremely powerful air filter which filters harmful particulate matter.
At the end of 2011 we were looking for a manufacturer in the field of PCB’s. Through a former trainee we ended up at Cimar Electronics. Cimar Electronics is rather a partner than a manufacturer: they think along and advise in the (development-) process. A true added value! They advised us that our new product, the AirBo Aircleaner, would be both technically and functionally better off without PCB: a good advice. Cimar Electronics has played an important role in the field of electrotechnics and cable wiring. Besides, they have supported the CE-certification process and supplied the accompanying manual. I know from experience that development processes always take longer than expected. Cimar Electronics proved to be a professional and flexible organisation; they perfectly sensed when they had to take over certain matters.
After two years of developing the product is now ready to be launched and has already been awarded with an innovation award in the field of “working safely”. The (international) demand for the AirBo Aircleanner is promising. Cimar Electronics remains involved and is also one of our suppliers. We constantly feel the urge to solve practical problems for our target group. For this reason it feels good we are supported by the expertise of Cimar Electronics. It encourages us to invent and launch innovative products for the construction industry.