Arno Kütt, one of Cleveron’s owners, founded AS Eerung
– a company that manufactured and sold furniture.
Our story
Cleveron
is at the forefront of innovation with more than 10 years of
experience in
being the leader of its field.
1993
2000
After a client made a furniture purchase at an exhibition with the help of a digital camera (pictures were sent to people at home, who picked out a piece of furniture), they decided to take furniture shopping online. That is how the online store ON24 was born.
2006
ON24, a leading online furniture store in Estonia and Finland (www.on24.ee, www.on24.fi) created its logistics department to deliver ordered goods to customers by courier.
2007
The ON24 logistics department started to develop hardware and software for automated parcel machine networks. The department grew to a logistics company. The name Cleveron was registered, but in the beginning, the company used the name SmartPOST. SmartPOST started to develop a last mile parcel locker network.
2009
SmartPOST started providing automated parcel locker services. Soon the lockers became popular pickup points for the end-customers, and in a few years, SmartPOST gained a 20% market share in Estonia.
2010
After operating for two years, the parcel locker network along with the brand name SmartPost was sold to Itella Corporation (former Finnish Post). After the transaction, the company started to use the name Cleveron and focused on the development of software and hardware for automated click and collect parcel solutions.
2011
Cleveron introduced the concept of Cleveron 401 (The PackRobot) –
a new generation of automated parcel terminal with the highest volume of stored parcels per square meter.
2014
Cleveron launched the new Cleveron 302 (The CleverBox) – an automated parcel locker with unique drawer slots for small parcels and letters.
Cleveron opened the new assembly plant in Viljandi, Estonia, to meet the increasing demand for Cleveron’s products.
By the end of 2014, in addition to Estonia, Cleveron also had clients in Spain, Norway and Brazil.
2015
Cleveron introduced automated parcel terminals to North America.
Cleveron launched the next generation parcel delivery solution Cleveron 401, which dramatically advances the delivery and pick-up capabilities of parcel networks.
In 2015, Cleveron's product were also set up in Hungary and Finland.
2016
Cleveron’s service brand CollectNet launched the open network of parcel pickup points pilot in Estonia. The network uses the Cleveron 401 parcel pickup solution.
Walmart launched a pilot to test 5 Cleveron 401 pack robots as their buy online pick up in store solution in the USA.
The pack robot Cleveron 401 was named the “Delivery Innovation of the Year” by Postal Technology.
By the end of 2016, Cleveron's parcel automates could also be found in Bulgaria, Germany and in the USA.
2017
The founders of Cleveron and ON24, Arno Kütt and Peep Kuld, were named as the EY Estonian Entrepreneurs of the Year by EY Estonia, a member of Ernst & Young Global. The competition values innovation, entrepreneurship, social responsibility and leadership in business.
Cleveron developed a new world's largest, extendable robotics based parcel terminal called Cleveron 402 (The CleverFlex).
Cleveron reached 100 employees.
The world’s fastest public drone delivery service was opened in Cleveron’s home town Viljandi. For two weeks, Cleveron offered the opportunity to order a drink via text message and have it delivered by drone.
The first Cleveron 402 was installed in Inditex's Zara store in A Coruña, Spain.
Bloomsburg University in the USA selected Cleveron 302 as their automated parcel locker for the campus mailroom to make parcel handling and pickup more efficient and faster.
The pack robot Cleveron 401 won the Bronze at the world-famous Edison Awards.
Cleveron installed the world’s first cloud-based smart mailbox to Laeva apartment building in Tallinn, Estonia. The mailbox is based on the smart parcel locker solution Cleveron 301 (The SnapLocker).
Walmart announced the plan to expand their network of pack robots Cleveron 401 aka Pickup Towers across the US. By the end of 2018, Walmart has 700 Cleveron 401's in their stores.
By the end of 2017, the world's biggest retailer Walmart and the world's biggest fashion retailer Inditex were amongst Cleveron's clients.
2018
The first Cleveron 401 in the United Kingdom was installed for the pilot with UK retailer Asda. The Cleveron 401, aka the Parcel Tower, enables both automated self-service pickup and return in Asda’s Trafford Park store in Manchester.
Cleveron installed two world’s largest click and collect parcel robots Cleveron 402 in Zara’s revolutionary Stratford flagship store. The London-based store has a separate department for online orders and Cleveron 402 handles the parcel pickup. Together, the two robots can handle 2400 parcels.
Cleveron piloted the Cleveron 201, a personal parcel locker in selected areas in Estonia, to test the working prototype. Cleveron 201 is Cleveron's first parcel automate that is specially created for private use. The aim is to offer ultimate convenience and to save time – the parcel locker's owner will never have to wait for the parcel to arrive with the courier. Instead, the parcel already awaits for them as they arrive home. Cleveron 201 stores regular mail, parcels and food. It operates on Cleveron's CollectNet software.
Cleveron won the title Company of the Year 2018 in the Estonian Entrepreneurship Awards 2018. We were also the Design Applier of the Year, the Innovator of the Year and one of the top three companies in the Exporter of the Year category.
Cleveron opened the new development centre addition which added 7500 m2 to the existing 3000 m2 assembly plant, tripling the manufacturing capabilities.
Cleveron was named as the Transatlantic Company of the Year at the Transatlantic Business Conference 2018 in Tallinn. The award is part of the Transatlantic Business Awards program organized by the American Chamber of Commerce Estonia, U.S. Embassy Tallinn, and the Baltic American Freedom Foundation.
The pack robot Cleveron 401 was installed in five Canadian Tire locations
across the country in Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon and Toronto.
Cleveron presented their first robot courier prototype at Robotex International.
2019
Cleveron reached 200 employees.
Cleveron launched an academy to provide professional higher education in cooperation with Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences. Cleveron Academy will accept 20 students interested in robotics software development.
Cleveron achieved a company record - 5 new clients in 2 months.
Cleveron partnered with the world’s largest
sporting goods retailer Decathlon S.A, which has a total of 1,500 stores.
Decathlon is the fifth large enterprise to be added to Cleveron’s list of
clients in the past two months.
In
addition to Decathlon, Cleveron widened its operations across Europe. In May,
Cleveron began cooperation with the Czech logistics company Zàsilkovna and the Norwegian
sporting goods retailer XXL. New Zealand’s The Warehouse was added as a client
along with Latin American retail giant Falabella Retail, which is based in
Chile. To date, Cleveron has a total of 22 clients all over the world,
including the world’s largest retailer Walmart.
Cleveron launches Cleveron 501 – the world’s first grocery robot with two temperature zones.
Cleveron launches it’s most compact parcel robot to date – Cleveron 403.
We started cooperation with New Zealand’s largest general merchandise retailer, The Warehouse, and installed the first Cleveron 401 parcel robot in Oceania.
Cleveron partnered with Virgin Megastore, who installed their first Cleveron 402 to Mall of Emirates in Dubai.
Cleveron won many awards this year. We were named Estonia’s Most Desirable Employer of the Year, Most Competitive Company in the Industry and Energy sector and Exporter of the Year. Our robot courier was named the Last-Mile Delivery Innovation of the Year, and Cleveron was recognised as one of Central Europe’s fastest-growing companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 list.
We started testing the concept of a dark store, which we named Toidukas, to understand the problems and opportunities of home delivery. Toidukas used our home parcel locker Cleveron 201 to deliver groceries to clients.
2020
Cleveron welcomes Dujardin Remmers, Vigatec, InStore Solution (Groupe Interway), Pristis, Telaid and LuxerOne as its official distributors.
Cleveron launches its first pharmacy solution with Etos, in the heart of which is Cleveron's parcel locker Cleveron 301.
We created an outdoor parcel locker Cleveron 351 for small and medium-sized companies.
We developed a concept for a parcel locker that can be installed at bus stops to bring parcel delivery closer to people living in rural areas. We named it Cleveron 361 – an outdoor parcel locker that combines the characteristics of a parcel machine and a bus stop.
Estonia’s biggest grocers, COOP, Selver and Prisma, deployed our grocery robot to hand over online orders.
Cleveron Academy was awarded the titles of Achievement of the Year and Education Deed of the Year.
We developed an augmented reality tool to help install our machines worldwide without having to fly on-site.
Cleveron continued to be one of the most attractive and desirable employers in Estonia.
We started real traffic test drives with our Cleveron 701 autonomous robot courier on the streets of Viljandi.
The hospital in Cleveron’s hometown Viljandi got its own Cleveron 351 locker, which helps bring gifts and packages to loved ones without entering the hospital. Viljandi also received the first Cleveron book locker, which was installed in front of the Viljandi City Library.
2021
Albertsons Companies debuts Cleveron 501 grocery robot in Chicago.
Cleveron’s distributor network expanded to Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia.
We tested the Cleveron 201 home parcel locker and the concept of an open network.
Cleveron’s most space-efficient parcel robot Cleveron 405, and a new modular outdoor locker Cleveron 352 were born this year.
Telia opened its first self-service store in cooperation with Cleveron. The digital self-service office is a unique solution with Cleveron 402 parcel robot, where customers can contact Telia’s customer service consultant. The robot is pre-filled with best-selling products which customers can buy using the payment solution.
The outdoor parcel locker Cleveron 351 grew in popularity among SMEs in Estonia. The locker allowed businesses to provide round-the-clock and human contact-free delivery, which became especially important during the pandemic. Many companies deployed the locker, such as logistics companies, online stores, car services, libraries and hospitals.
Cleveron took the world’s first driving exams with a driverless autonomous vehicle.
We started cooperation with Latvian Post, which is the first postal company in the Baltics to deploy the Cleveron 401 parcel robot. In addition, we partnered up with SIA Mailmaster, a subsidiary of Latvian Post, to create an open network with Cleveron’s home parcel lockers.
We opened a new office in Tartu.
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