Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 food processing equipment enterprise.

It was founded in 1866 by the Bizer brothers in Balingen

Balingen

Balingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located nearby the Swabian Alb, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, and 60 km southwest of Stuttgart.It is home to the Bizerba and Ideal...

. Its name is a composite of the city's name and Bizer. Bizerba currently has over 100 divisions worldwide and a headquarters located in Balingen, Germany: It is currently the main scale

Weighing scale

A weighing scale is a measuring instrument for determining the weight or mass of an object. A spring scale measures weight by the distance a spring deflects under its load...

 supplier of the Mexican chain Soriana

Soriana

Organización Soriana is a Mexican public company and Mexico's largest retailer. Soriana is a grocery and department store retail chain headquartered in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The company is 100% capitalized in Mexico and is publicly traded on the Mexican stock exchange the Bolsa Mexicana...

 and British chain Morrisons

Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...

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Bizerba has approximately 3200 employees worldwide, including its headquarters and 3 production facilities in Germany as well as 41 subsidiaries and 69 national representatives.

Bizerba USA, Inc. has been incorporated in 1984 as a subsidiary of parent company Bizerba GmbH & CO KG (Germany). Its corporate office is located in Piscataway, NJ. Bizerba is working with factory authorized distributors in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Bizerba Engineered Solutions is a new subsidiary located in Sandston, VA USA.

Milestones
Bizerba USA, Inc. is well known in the food industry for pioneering some very important developments and achievements:

1866- Bizerba founded in Balingen, Germany by Mr. Bizer

1924 The world's first pendulum scale was patented by Bizerba

1930 – First industrial scale worldwide was designed and produced by Bizerba. The numerical printing system and dial controls were technological marvels of their time.

1965 – Bizerba brings electronics into retail shops. Now weight reporting against different product pricing structures was easier than ever.

2002- Bizerba introduces the first CE class touch screen scales that revolutionize scale management and updating.

2006- Bizerba introduces Optical Article Recognition Scale CE-H 800 SV