On October 31, 2023, the Bell Food Group successfully placed two bonds totaling CHF 270 million on the Swiss capital market. The first bond has a nominal amount of CHF 110 million at an interest rate of 2.30 percent and a term until 2026. The second bond runs for CHF 160 million at an interest rate of 2.65 percent until 2031...
Marco Tschanz (48) will become the new CEO of the Bell Food Group on June 1, 2024 and will also take over management of the Bell Switzerland division. The designated new CEO has been with the Bell Food Group for 9 years. In 2014 he joined the company as CFO and took a seat on the group management. In 2019 he moved within the group management and took over the management of the Bell International division and, in 2022, the Eisberg division...
The spice manufacturer RAPS has taken over the table salt business of Salz Centrale Hamburg with immediate effect through its majority stake BIOVA. The acquisition expands the portfolio to include a large selection of natural salts and expands the global network of suppliers...
Westfleisch SCE has concluded a new collective agreement with the Food-Gourmet-Gastronomy Union (NGG). Among other things, it provides for net one-off payments of 500 euros as well as collective wage increases on October 1, 2023, April 1 and October 1, 2024. There is a financial benefit for the employees, which, depending on the wage group, more than compensates for the inflation rate...
Last weekend, the owner family of the Handtmann Group invited representatives from politics and business, banks and schools, managers and companions to the gala evening and the workforce to the anniversary celebration on the Biberach Gigelberg. Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann, one of the evening's guests of honor, spoke of an extraordinary entrepreneurial achievement: "The world market leader, with around 4.300 employees and one billion euros in annual sales, is a driver of prosperity and an economic factor in our country...
Balingen, September 27, 2023 - Bizerba, leading manufacturer of innovative solutions for the retail and food industry, announces its partnership with KanduAI. The Israel-based company develops and sells solutions for AI-based object recognition, the technology of which will be integrated into the ObjectRecognition retail app in the future. This enables retail customers to automatically recognize fruit and vegetables, for example, on self-service scales from Bizerba...
From October 21st to 23rd, Bizerba will be presenting at this year's SÜFFA in Hall 7, Stand A30 at Messe Stuttgart under the motto “Shape your future. Today” a powerful portfolio. The highlights include three new device types in the area of cutting technology alone: the entry-level VSV version, the automatic versions of the VSP series and the MBP bone saw. But the latest weighing technology is not neglected either: with two shop scales from the Q1 series and the counter scale K3 800, Bizerba is presenting its current flagships in this area - as well as its mobile-capable software solutions for retail...
Nubassa, a global supplier of high-quality spices, seasoning mixtures, marinades and technological products for the production and refining of meat and sausage products, looks back on 90 successful years. The company was founded in Mannheim and today supplies the food and meat industry, the butcher trade, as well as restaurants, caterers and commercial kitchens in over 40 countries worldwide from its headquarters in Viernheim in southern Hesse. The portfolio now includes more than 4000 products...
The parties made very good progress in the collective bargaining negotiations between the Vion Food Group and the Food-Pleasure-Gastronomy Union (NGG) on September 7, 2023. The entire industry, including Vion, is under severe pressure due to high inflation, increased raw material prices and the other effects of the industry crisis...
Employees and partners of the weighing technology specialist Bizerba gather in the municipality of Hengelo (Netherlands) for the ceremonial inauguration of a new sales & service location. This significant milestone marks an important step in the company's history and reflects the continuous pursuit of excellence and innovation...
For the new training year, 42 trainees and 15 students on a dual course of study are starting their professional lives at the MULTIVAC Group's headquarters. Another 23 young people are starting their training at one of the group's other production sites in Germany and Austria...