Bizerba opens warehouse space for 3.25 billion labels

After two years of construction, the Bizerba label factory has received a state-of-the art warehouse in Bochum, Germany, in time for its thirtieth anniversary.

The warehouse offers space for 3.25 billion labels. It is now possible for customers to print large quantities of labels and to have them stored in the new warehouse. In addition, they can take advantage of ‘label management’, a new service from Bizerba, meaning that there are no logistics to deal with on their part.

Around thirty years ago, sales figures for Bizerba retail scales increased rapidly. ‘The company decided to also start producing its own tickets, and set up the label factory in Bochum. Over time, the portfolio expanded to include numerous decorative and functional labels and the demands placed on production and storage capacities increased, meaning that the old warehouse was bursting at the seams,’ explained Marc Büttgenbach, sales director for labels and consumables.

Bizerba's new label storage warehouse in Bochum is 15 meters high and offers space for 6,500 pallets holding rolls of 500,000 labels each. ‘So in total we can store and bring out 3.25 billion labels semi-automatically using forklift trucks,’ said Büttgenbach.

There is particular trend that has been emerging in the food industry for some time, says Büttgenbach: ‘Instead of XXL packs, retailers and manufacturers are increasingly working in smaller portions. Accordingly, producers need more labels than before, generally ordered in large quantities to save printing costs. Often there is not enough space on customers' own premises, meaning that many are looking for a service provider to store and deliver labels at short notice.’

‘We store the labels and dispatch them with the shortest possible lead time. This becomes particularly challenging when companies have several, maybe even international, commercial premises. This is where our local Bizerba branches come into play.’