Bizerba (Germany, Italy) - Press Release: Bizerba, a world leader in weighing solutions for industrial and retail sectors, and Fabbri Group, the renowned international specialist in automatic food packaging systems, have announced the start of a new strategic cooperation. The collaboration aims to provide a comprehensive solution for weighing, pricing, packaging, and labeling processes. Both companies operate on a global scale and enjoy an excellent reputation in their respective fields.

The CEOs of Bizerba and Fabbri Group, Andreas W. Kraut and Stefano Pellegatta, recently met at Bizerba's headquarters to sign a partnership agreement. The collaboration, which has been ongoing for many years, will now be taken to a new level. The companies will jointly develop innovative solutions for the food industry, creating real added value for retailers around the world.

Everything from a single source:

The collaboration will focus on developing a new range of combined and integrated packaging machines. They will be offered in combination with high-quality packaging materials and will include comprehensive technical support and spare parts service from a single source.

Pooling the expertise of both companies will provide groundbreaking solutions for the food retail sector. Hybrid stretch wrappers based on the use of recyclable monomaterial films, all produced by Fabbri Group itself, in effect makes packaging, for example, more sustainable. Bizerba complements the packaging machine on the basis of Stretch Film Wrapping technology with solutions relating to slicing, weighing, labeling and checkout tasks, which can be seamlessly combined.

The partners are an ideal match:

Stefano Pellegatta, CEO of Fabbri Group, is excited about the partnership: "We have found an outstanding partner in Bizerba, a perfect match for us and one that already has excellent connections to the retail world. After intense discussions and a great first meeting, we can now move forward into the operational phase and soon, we will offer retailers around the world real added value with our joint solutions."

Andreas W. Kraut, CEO & Shareholder of Bizerba, too, underlines the relevance of the partnership: "Bizerba continuously strives to make retail processes more intelligent and efficient. By partnering with Fabbri Group, a first-class and worldwide recognized brand, we are now taking another big step in this direction: We can now minimize the time and effort retailers have to spend on data maintenance and facilitate the seamless use of retail systems and packaging solutions."The first joint solutions will be available in select countries in autumn 2023. The official launch in the Italian and European markets will take place during the Cibus Tec trade show, which will be held in Parma at the end of October.

About Fabbri Group:

For more than 70 years on the market, Fabbri Group is Italy’s leading international industrial reality in the production and sale of machines, films and software for fresh and ultra-fresh food packaging. With around 500 employees, more than 130 active patents granted in various countries around the world, and around 5% of its annual turnover invested in research and development, Fabbri Group offers industry, fresh food processors and retail solutions covering all food sectors. It comprises 4 production units (3 in Italy, 1 in Switzerland) and 9 sales and service companies in Italy, France, Germany, UK, Switzerland and Russia. Active in more than 90 countries around the world thanks to a hundred highly qualified dealer companies, it stands out for its constant attention to emerging market needs and, in particular, to the issues of innovation, sustainability, waste prevention and energy saving.

About Bizerba:

Bizerba offers its customers in industry, trade, and logistics a globally unique solutions portfolio of hardware and software around the central value "weight". This portfolio includes products and solutions related to slicing, processing, weighing, cashing, checking, commissioning and labeling. A wide range of services from consulting and service, labels and consumables to leasing complete the portfolio.

Since 1866 Bizerba has made a significant contribution to the developments in the area of weighing technology and today is represented in 120 countries. The customer base includes globally operating companies in trade and industry as well as retailers, bakeries and butcheries. With around 4.500 employees worldwide and with its headquarters in Balingen, Baden Wuerttemberg, Bizerba has been in the same family for five generations. Additional production facilities are located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, China and USA. Bizerba also has a global network of sales and service locations.