Bizerba and Fabbri Group partner on integrated food packaging machinery with sustainability kicks

11 Jul 2023 --- Bizerba and Fabbri Group are developing solutions for the food packaging sector using a new range of combined and integrated packaging machines that will be offered in combination with packaging materials. The partnership also provides technical support and spare parts services from a single source. 

“The collaboration aims to provide comprehensive weighing, pricing, packaging and labeling solutions. The companies will focus on developing a new range of combined and integrated packaging machines, creating real added value for retailers around the world,” Stefano Pellegatta, CEO of Fabbri Group, tells Packaging Insights.

Meanwhile, Andreas W. Kraut, CEO and shareholder of Bizerba, tells us that the hybrid stretch wrapper based on the use of recyclable monomaterial films, produced by Fabbri Group, makes packaging “more sustainable.”

Bizerba complements the packaging machine based on Stretch Film Wrapping technology with solutions for slicing, weighing, labeling and checkout tasks.

The first joint solutions will be available in select countries in Autumn 2023. The official launch in Italian and other European markets will occur during the Cibus Tec trade show in Parma, Italy, at the end of October 2023, says Fabbri.

The collaboration is set to create packaging solutions for the food industry.Faster maintenance
The cooperation between the two companies has been active for many years. The companies are now moving to the operational phase to provide their solutions to retailers worldwide.

“Bizerba continuously strives to make retail processes more intelligent and efficient. By partnering with Fabbri Group, it is taking another big step in this direction: Bizerba can now minimize the time and effort retailers spend on data maintenance and facilitate the seamless use of retail systems and packaging solutions,” says Kraut. 

The Bizerba CEO emphasizes the importance of cooperation: “Bizerba aims to make processes in retail smarter and more efficient. Through the collaboration with Fabbri Group, we are taking another big step in this direction: we minimize the effort required for data maintenance by retailers and enable seamless integration of retail systems and packaging solutions.”

Global solutions
Bizerba offers its customers a solutions portfolio of hardware and software around the central value of “weight.” The customer base includes globally operating companies in trade and industry as well as retailers, bakeries and butcheries. Additional production facilities are in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, China, Canada and the US. Bizerba also has a global network of sales and service locations.

Fabbri Group is Italy’s “leading” international company producing and selling machines, films and software for fresh and ultra-fresh food packaging. It offers fresh food processors and retail solutions covering all food sectors. It is active in more than 90 countries worldwide. 

By Sabine Waldeck