Welcome to the The CartsPlus Group of Companies website.
The CartsPlus Group Inc. consists of three operating companies –
CartsPlus Healthcare Systems Ltd., CartsPlus Healthcare Products
Ltd. and CartsPlus Shading Systems Ltd.
The CartsPlus Group Inc. is the holding/investment/financing company that
provides the operating capital for the CartsPlus companies.
The principle behind all four companies is Ron Doren who has almost a quarter
century of experience in the healthcare sector, having held senior management
(Vice-President level) positions in private and hospital owned organizations
prior to venturing out on his own in 1995.
The company known today as CartsPlus Healthcare Systems Ltd. was
originally incorporated in December 1995 as Doren Healthcare Consulting Group
Inc. With our acquisition of the assets of the Concord, Ontario based company
formerly operated as Dobkot Limited in March 2000, the name was changed
to CartsPlus Healthcare Systems Ltd. The change of name was undertaken to
provide marketing synergies in the health care market with our sister company,
CartsPlus Healthcare Products Ltd., a leading provider of
materials handling systems (carts!) to the long term care sector.
The purchase of Dobkot included all of the fixtures, dies and patents required
to continue the manufacture of cubicle curtain track, I.V. track, I.V. poles and
accessories. In response to customer needs, our product line has expanded to
include any type of window covering including roller shades, verticals, drapes
and mini-blinds. The company has grown dramatically over the last three years,
both through internal growth as well as the July 2005 acquisition of Exceldar
Northern Customfab, a manufacturer of cubicle curtain & I.V. track
systems.
CartsPlus Healthcare Systems Ltd. has provided curtain and I.V. track for
major projects across Canada including the new hospital in Brantford, Ontario,
and the new Bloorview McMillan Hospital (Toronto). CartsPlus Healthcare
Systems Ltd. is the exclusive supplier to the Humber River Regional
Hospitals (all three sites) and the company used as base bid for all track
tenders issued by St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto).
CartsPlus Healthcare Products Ltd. was originally incorporated in December
1996 as Acart Healthcare Products Ltd., and is today a leading distributor of
material handling systems (carts!) to long term care facilities across Canada.
The company name was changed to CartsPlus Healthcare Products Ltd. in
March 2000, to provide marketing synergies with a new company acquisition.
CartsPlus Healthcare Products Ltd. was established to provide storage,
transport and productivity solutions for Canada’s long term care sector. The
company was set up with an exclusive focus on the needs of the long term care
industry in order to capitalize on the expansion that was anticipated to take
place within the long term care sector. Our comprehensive product line consists
of more than 150 items including par level and linen exchange carts, laundry
hampers, personal clothing carts, hanging garment racks, utility carts, soiled
and clean linen handling carts as well as a wide range of specialty shelving
products. CartsPlus has national contracts in place with most major long term
care providers, including Extendicare (52 facilities), Central Park Lodges,
Leisureworld, Carressant Care, and Oakwood Retirement Communities to name only a
few. An indication of our market presence is the fact that CartsPlus
supplied the laundry/ linen carts for more than 80% of all new nursing home
openings in Canada during the last three years.
CartsPlus Shading Systems Ltd. was established in June 2006 to manufacture
the MechoShade line of manual and electric roller shades under license from
MechoShade Inc. “The Architect’s Choice”, MechoShade has been the innovator for manual, motorized and automated solar shading and room darkening solutions
for over 30 years. For further information on this comprehensive line of window
shading products, please visit the MechoShade website at
www.mechoshade.com.
The CartsPlus companies operate out of two industrial units located at
5080 Timberlea Blvd. in Mississauga, Ontario. This location is approximately 15
minutes west of Toronto International Airport.
CartsPlus has developed and refined an extensive database of key decision
makers in long term care facilities and hospitals across Canada. This database
forms the basis for all of our direct mail, sales and telemarketing efforts.
The CartsPlus Group’s mandate is to continue to seek out and/or develop
products for the long term care and hospital sectors that will lead to greater
operating efficiencies and/or improve the quality of life of residents/patients
and staff.
Our future plans call for continued development of a specialized sales network
throughout Canada, additional acquisitions and the opening of a Western Canada
office planned for fall, 2007.