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Published on 07/16/2024

Bizerba Celebrates 10 Years of Success in South Africa

07/16/2024

| This year, Bizerba celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Market Organization in South Africa. Since its establishment on May 2, 2014, the weighing technology specialist's location has grown from a small unit to an essential player in the African market. To mark this milestone, special events are held in Cape Town and Johannesburg to celebrate with customers and partners.

In addition to classic machines for the food industry, Bizerba South Africa now also offers intelligent solutions for the retail sector.

The Market Organization was founded to regain lost market share following Bizerba's withdrawal in the late 1990s. Initially focused on retail, the organization has shifted its emphasis in recent years to the industrial and logistics sectors in response to the rapid industrialization and growing economic importance of South Africa.

Today, the Market Organization offers comprehensive solutions in industrial weighing and pricing, inspection, and logistics, integrated with local ERP systems and enhanced by an extensive portfolio of solutions for food processing and packaging.

Milestones and Achievements

Among the outstanding achievements of the past ten years are the installation of complete labelling and inspection lines at leading regional companies such as Cavalier Foods, Lynca Meats, and Lancewood Cheese, as well as international clients like Lactalis. Other milestones include the successful integration of solutions that make Bizerba a holistic provider for food processing, the introduction of zero-waste solutions, and AI-driven object recognition scales at renowned retailers. These successes would not have been possible without the dedication of the growing team, which now numbers 24 employees.

A Dynamic and Committed Team

"Our young team embodies creativity, agility, and South African ingenuity while striving for German professionalism and precision," emphasizes Christian Schiess, Managing Director of Bizerba South Africa. He adds, "This combination of local adaptability and international excellence has enabled us to remain resilient even in challenging economic times."

CEO & Shareholder Andreas W. Kraut adds, "Our success story in South Africa demonstrates that with a dedicated team and a clear focus on our customers' needs, we can achieve great things. We are proud of what our colleagues in South Africa have accomplished over the past ten years and look forward to many more years of innovation and success."

Open Days for Customers, Suppliers, and Partners

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Bizerba invited customers, partners, and suppliers to Open Days in Cape Town earlier this month and Johannesburg will be hosting their Open Days on 22 & 23 August this year. This milestone will be celebrated together, toasting to many more successful years ahead.

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About Bizerba

Bizerba is one of the world's leading suppliers of precision products and integrated solutions for slicing, processing, weighing, testing, order picking, labeling and payment. As an innovative company, the Bizerba Group is continuously driving forward the digitalization, automation and networking of its products and services.

In this way, Bizerba offers its customers from trade, commerce, industry and logistics greater added value with complete state-of-the-art solutions. From hardware to software, apps, and cloud solutions, all complemented by the appropriate labels or consumables, Bizerba adheres to the motto 'unique solutions for unique people'.

Bizerba was founded in 1866 in Balingen / Baden-Württemberg and is today one of the top players in 120 countries with its solutions portfolio. The family-run company, now in its fifth generation, employs around 4,500 people worldwide and has production facilities in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, UK, China, Canada and the USA. In addition, the group of companies maintains a worldwide network of sales and service locations. Further information about Bizerba can be found at www.bizerba.com