Fabbri Group partnership aims to develop integrated stretch wrapping solutions

Fabbri Group, an international specialist in automatic food packaging systems, is partnering with Bizerba to provide a comprehensive solution for weighing, pricing, packaging and labeling processes.

Fabbri Group CEO Stefano Pellegatta recently signed the agreement with Andreas W. Kraut, CEO of Bizerba, which manufactures weighing solutions for the industrial and retail sectors, according to a news release. The meeting, held at Bizerba’s headquarters in Balingen, Germany, marked the latest chapter of years-long cooperation between the two companies, the release said.

“With Bizerba, we have found an outstanding partner who is a perfect fit for us and already has a strong presence in the retail world,” Pellegatta said in the release. “After intensive discussions and a great initial exchange, we can now move on to the operational part to soon provide retailers worldwide with real added value through our joint solutions.” 

The companies will focus on developing a new range of combined and integrated packaging machines that will be offered in combination with high-quality packaging materials, as well as comprehensive technical support and spare parts services, all from a single source, according to the release.

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By joining the expertise of both companies, groundbreaking solutions are being created for the food retail sector, the release said. One such example is hybrid stretch wrappers based on the use of recyclable monomaterial films, all produced by Fabbri Group itself, to make packaging more sustainable. Bizerba complements the packaging machine based on stretch film wrapping technology with solutions for slicing, weighing, labeling and cashing activities that can be seamlessly combined, according to the release.

“Bizerba aims to make processes in retail smarter and more efficient,” Kraut said in the release. “Through the collaboration with Fabbri Group, first-class and worldwide recognized brand, 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.”

The first joint solutions will be available in select countries this fall, according to the Fabbri Group. The official launch in the Italian and European markets will take place during the Cibus Tec trade show, which will be held in Parma, Italy, at the end of October 2023.