Bizerba (Germany) - Press Release: The commercial partnership with the Italian packaging specialist Italianpack strategically expands Bizerba's product portfolio: the Balingen-based technology company can now offer customers in the retail sector an expanded portfolio of packaging solutions. The highlight is line solutions in the smallest of spaces.

Strategic cooperation:

More and more goods are being packed directly on site in supermarkets. For this, the retailer needs efficient packaging solutions up to fully automatic packaging lines that are optimally adapted to the limited space available. Bizerba and Italianpack are responding to the growing demand with a commercial partnership centred on semi- and fully-automatic tray sealing machines for supermarkets that will be manufactured by Italianpack and branded Bizerba. For the user, the partners combine devices from Bizerba and trays sealers manufactured by Italianpack into complete lines for slicing, packaging, inspection, as well as weighing and labeling. These solutions are superior to the competition, especially in confined spaces. Worldwide sales are handled exclusively by Bizerba.

"Italianpack has a great deal of experience in the development and production of packaging machines," says Andreas Wilhelm Kraut, chairman of the board, CEO and shareholder of Bizerba SE & Co. KG. "The solutions developed together with Bizerba specifically complement our portfolio in the packaging sector. Both family-run companies can look back on an impressive history and stand for innovative and high-quality solutions in their respective market segments. We are therefore proud to enter into a strategic partnership with Italianpack to further strengthen our strong market position in retail and complete our offering in supermarket packaging solutions."

Tomaso Petrini, CEO & Shareholder of Italianpack, says:

"We are happy to have gained such a valued and successful partner in the retail food sector with Bizerba. This will enable us to further expand our global presence and place our innovative machines even more widely on the market."

Italianpack was founded in 1988 in Como near Milan as a packaging specialist for fresh food and, with over 30 years of experience, is today one of the most innovative suppliers in the industry. The Italian company's modern packaging solutions meet the most stringent market requirements for freshness, hygiene and sustainability.

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 4.300 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.