Seafood Expo Global is considered the world’s most important marketplace for the seafood industry. It brings together professionals and decision-makers from across the entire value chain – from aquaculture and processing to retail and distribution. The trade show focuses on sustainability, traceability, innovative processing technologies, and current market and consumer trends. For BIZERBA, the event offers a central international platform to further expand its brand presence and intensify dialogue with customers and partners throughout the entire supply chain.

Intelligent Weight Control and Flexible Labeling

A central highlight at the booth is the integrated solution for weight control and labeling of seafood products.

With the checkweigher CWF, BIZERBA ensures 100% weight inspection and the reliable compliance with legal requirements. The PAS-I labeling system enables flexible C-wrap labeling using sustainable linerless technology and achieves a processing rate of more than 100 packs per minute. The solution is complemented by the LabelSecure inspection system, which uses AI‑supported image processing to verify labels and mandatory information and to fully document all results.

The outcome: maximum process reliability, full compliance, and efficient production workflows.

Focus on Product Safety and Packaging Integrity

Another trade show highlight is the solution designed to ensure product and packaging integrity in seafood production.

The iMD pro metal detector reliably detects metallic foreign objects such as ferrous and non‑ferrous metals, thereby making a significant contribution to food safety. The SealSecure inspection system checks the quality of the sealing seam, while LeakSecure uses gentle CO₂ detection technology for 100% inspection to reliably identify leaks in packaging. This prevents premature spoilage of food. The system can inspect every MAP-package and can be directly integrated into the production process. In addition, the PAS‑I CleanCut labeling system ensures efficient and sustainable linerless labeling.

This combination ensures the highest safety standards and supports seafood producers in meeting regulatory requirements.

Sustainability, Transparency, and Innovation as Key Drivers

The seafood industry is increasingly faced with the challenge of designing production processes to be efficient, automated, and sustainable. Simultaneously, intelligent, AI‑powered systems along the entire value chain are gaining importance and driving technological development within the industry. For producers, this means reliably meeting growing demands for traceability, regulatory compliance, and process security – while remaining economically competitive.

“With our integrated end-of-linesolutions, we offer producers worldwide inspection and handling systems from a single source that connect processes efficiently and safeguard them reliably – thereby meeting the increasing requirements for food safety, transparency, and sustainability,” says Fred Köhler, Managing Director of the Business Unit Industry at BIZERBA.

With its renewed participation, Bizerba underlines its ambition to set global benchmarks as a technology partner for safe, efficient, and sustainable seafood production. Visitors of Seafood Expo Global 2026 are warmly invited to meet Bizerba in Hall 3, Booth 3LL302, and experience the powerful solutions for the seafood industry firsthand.

Since 1866, Bizerba has stood for expertise and innovation in slicing, weighing, labeling, and inspection. At EuroShop 2026, the internationally active company will demonstrate how modern technologies, connectivity, and automation are shaping the retail of tomorrow. With more than 1,800 exhibitors from over 50 countries, EuroShop is regarded as a key innovation platform and trend barometer for the industry.

Live Supermarket Experiences on the Bizerba Main Stage

On the Main Stage, Bizerba shows how individual systems merge into holistic solutions for everyday supermarket operations – creating an efficient and inspiring shopping experience. The focus is on freshness, efficiency and seamless workflows: from smart weighing technology with object recognition and RFID-based operator identification to connected checkout systems that create transparency and accelerate the payment process.

Highlights include the newly designed Scan & Go solution with validation station as well as the integrated slicing-and-weighing function. Both innovations streamline operations and ensure a smooth customer journey. Additional solutions such as intelligent object recognition and RFID-based operator identification reduce shrinkage and increase customer satisfaction at the fresh food counter and in the self-service area alike.

Ante Todoric, Global Managing Director Retail, emphasizes:
“Today, retail success is not driven by individual products, but by intelligent end-to-end solutions. At EuroShop, we bring to life, how connected technologies simplify processes, create transparency and enhance the shopping experience.”

The Bizerba Food Stage – Freshness at the Push of a Button

On the Food Stage, a joint sandwich showcase demonstrates how automated freshness processes can be implemented. Together with FANUC, KILIVATIONS, J. Schmalz, and ViscoTec, Bizerba shows how hardware, intelligent software, and automation steps work seamlessly together to prepare snacks efficiently and with consistent quality—whether to go or for immediate consumption.

Andreas W. Kraut, CEO of Bizerba, states:
 “This showcase exemplifies how, together with strong partners, we combine digitalization, automation, and quality into a seamless end-to-end process. We see exactly this interplay as the key to making retail and food service future-ready and creating real added value for our customers.”

Keynotes and Speaker Sessions at the Booth

Once again, Bizerba will contribute two keynotes to the official EuroShop supporting program this year:

On the Red Stage, the company will speak on February 22 from 2:20 to 2:40 p.m. on the topic “Fresh, Fast, Automated: Innovative Solutions for Modern Food Service.” On February 24 from 12:00 to 12:20 p.m., the presentation “Intelligent Fresh Food Counters: Technology-Driven Process Optimization” will follow on the Blue Stage.

In addition, compact speaker sessions on current product innovations and future trends will take place daily at the Bizerba booth at 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. The full program and further details on individual topics and speakers are available on the Bizerba event page.

With this comprehensive lecture program, Bizerba combines interaction, inspiration, and innovation—resulting in a trade fair experience that both informs and excites professional visitors.

Product inspection is one of Bizerba’s core technologies – developed and managed entirely in-house. Bizerba Imaging Systems plays a crucial role in this area, particularly in product and packaging inspection. Its advanced systems make a significant contribution to food safety and support the automation of production processes across many industries worldwide.

Competence Center for Imaging

Under its new name, Bizerba Imaging Systems will further expand its role as the competence center for vision-based product inspection within the Bizerba Group. “The site develops new technologies and tailored solutions precisely designed to meet the needs of our customers. This makes it a key driver of innovation, engineering excellence, and practical customer solutions within the Bizerba Group,” says Fred Köhler, Managing Director of the Business Unit Industry at Bizerba.

The team focuses on the development and manufacturing of both customized systems and catalog products. With state-of-the-art expertise in vision-based product inspection, Artificial Intelligence, and automation, Bizerba Imaging Systems delivers innovative solutions that meet the highest standards of product and food safety, process quality, and efficiency.

Long-term investment in the future

With this initiative, Bizerba continues to consistently pursue its long-term strategy: investing in future-oriented technologies, strengthening market and customer focus, and further developing core competencies.

For customers and partners, the renaming primarily means continuity with added value: existing contracts, contacts, and services remain unchanged. At the same time, the closer integration of the site into the global Bizerba structure ensures improved access to innovative solutions, faster development processes, and an expanded service offering.

Last year’s global conditions continued to be shaped by restrained investments, geopolitical tensions, and an overall sluggish economic climate. Bizerba had proactively prepared for these developments and initiated a comprehensive business transformation two years ago. This strategic realignment focused on greater efficiency, clearer structures, and enhanced customer orientation – with measurable success.

Strong results despite difficult markets

All three Business Units – Retail, Industry, and Labels & Consumables – contributed significantly to Bizerba’s overall performance. In Retail, the service business continued to gain importance. Industrial applications benefited from new project wins and steady demand in Europe. Labels & Consumables proved to be a stable revenue driver and were strategically expanded with solutions that enable faster responses to customer needs.

Peter Riedel, COO at Bizerba, highlights technological progress as a key success factor:
 “We continuously develop our technologies in line with our customers’ needs – intelligently connected, data-driven, and with a focus on sustainable added value. This innovative strength is one of the core drivers of our success – today and in the future.”

Although revenue of approximately €830 million fell short of the budget target, Bizerba still achieved a positive financial result – under extremely challenging conditions. The past fiscal year demanded a great deal from the company and its employees. This outcome was only possible through decisive action, consistent prioritization, and the dedicated collaboration of all teams.

This strengthens the trust of external stakeholders. Angela Kraut, CFO and shareholder at Bizerba, comments on the result:
 “We have consistently streamlined our cost structure and focused our actions on economic stability. The result shows: future readiness today means acting with discipline and determination.”

Clear perspective: Strategy 2030 in focus

With the current fiscal year, Bizerba is firmly looking ahead. Strategy 2030 positions the company to actively shape a changing world – through sustainable, results-driven growth powered by innovation, customer proximity, and operational excellence. Global market trends – such as catch-up effects in retail or new dynamics in industrial production – offer a solid foundation for this.

“Like many companies in our industry, we continue to operate in an economically challenging environment,” says Andreas W. Kraut, CEO and shareholder at Bizerba.
 “That makes it all the more remarkable how committed and open to change our team is in shaping this journey. We’re in a strong position today – and that sends a clear message to our customers and partners: Bizerba is a reliable companion. Now it’s about continuing this journey together – step by step, with clarity, courage, and trust.”

The market is increasingly moving towards continuous line production. Yet many companies still face manual challenges in the so-called End-of-Line area – where food products are labeled, inspected, stacked or palletized after packaging. Growing labor shortages are increasing the pressure to act. This new partnership addresses these challenges with a holistic solution approach.

Complementary expertise for the entire line process

Each partner contributes its specific know-how to the alliance: Bizerba is responsible for weighing, labeling, slicing and inspection technologies and takes on the role of system integrator. FANUC contributes cutting-edge robotics and control technologies. KILIVATIONS brings years of expertise in the development of robotic applications and automation solutions. Schmalz adds extensive knowledge in gripping and vacuum technology – tailored specifically to the requirements of delicate food products.

At automatica 2025, the four companies presented a first milestone of their partnership: a modular, fully automated sandwich station for hygienic, contact-free handling of fresh food. The system combines precise slicing technology with state-of-the-art robotics, advanced vacuum gripping systems and high-precision dosing – enabling pinpoint production of snacks “on demand”, contactless and efficient.

Future-ready automation through industry know-how and interdisciplinary expertise

A wide range of promising projects is already underway – focusing on product handling, case loading and palletizing in the End-of-Line area of the food industry. Bizerba acts as the central point of contact and integrator of the overall solution.

Oliver Deifel, Director Global Customer Solution Center at Bizerba, emphasizes: “This strategic partnership is a perfect match and a key element of our Bizerba strategy to deliver holistic solutions for the food market. Our goal is to transform the entire line process downstream of the packaging machine into continuous, scalable automation concepts. As the central integrator, we combine our own portfolio with the specialist knowledge of our partners – efficient, future-ready and customer-focused.”

The combination of deep industry knowledge, technological excellence and many years of experience across industries makes this new alliance a powerful driver for transformation in food processing.

At automatica 2025 in Munich, we demonstrate how industrial precision and modern robotics are now shaping the daily operations of large-scale kitchens, hospitals, petrol stations, and food retail. Visitors will experience how each snack is freshly prepared, contact-free, and tailored to individual needs. Every action of the FANUC cobot follows the strictest hygiene standards – ensuring maximum transparency and consistent quality.

A forward-looking partnership: A joint solution for the fresh food counter of tomorrow

In close collaboration with our partners, we are addressing current challenges in food retail. Fresh counters are under increasing pressure: staffing shortages make reliable operation difficult, while customers expect more personalization and the highest hygiene standards. At the same time, automation has often been considered complex and cost-intensive.

This new robot-assisted sandwich station intelligently relieves a staff-intensive fresh food segment – giving sales teams more capacity to enhance the shopping experience and better meet customer expectations. The system is modular, easy to scale, and adaptable to various retail formats. It reduces staffing requirements, guarantees freshness around the clock, and unlocks new efficiency potentials – without compromising on quality or customer experience.

In addition to bridging staffing gaps, the automated sandwich station sets new standards in sustainability: Precise portioning and demand-driven production help minimize overproduction and waste.

Fresh inspiration for the point of sale

“Our collaboration with FANUC brings industrial precision and smart automation right to the point of sale,” says Ante Todoric, Managing Director Business Unit Retail at Bizerba. “This makes fresh food processes not only more efficient but also delivers important future-oriented impulses for the food retail sector. The new sandwich station stands for three key values: Fresh, automated, and sustainable.”

Further innovations are already in development – including flexible concepts for hotel lobbies. Bizerba is rethinking fresh food processes: modular, needs-based, and customer-focused.

The highlight of the trade show  appearance is the premiere of the new CSV bread slicer. It impresses with precise slicing quality, an intuitive user interface, and maximum flexibility in processing a wide range of breads – from traditional artisan loaves to modern trend products. Hygienic aspects have been taken into account, as well as easy cleaning, optimized crumb discharge, and particularly quiet operation. Thanks to its compact dimensions, the CSV is ideal for self-service areas and enables an attractive, clean presentation directly at the point of sale.

The CSV is accompanied by the equally powerful CSP bread slicer, which scores with its particularly high level of adjustability and thus precisely meets the demands of artisan bakers. Both machines can be intelligently networked and, through integration into the RetailControl management software, offer full transparency regarding maintenance cycles, cleaning requirements, or blade condition – for maximum availability, productivity, and planning reliability.

Additionally, the new Bizerba Breadlifter is revolutionizing the packaging of bread: safe, fast, and effortless. This innovative and previously unique system prevents bread slices from falling during transfer – perfect for anyone seeking efficiency and product quality without compromise.

At the same time, systems like the Smart Shelf enable intelligent real-time inventory monitoring and automated restocking control. The MyOrder solution also simplifies the click & collect model: customers conveniently order online, while baked goods are prepared on-site and made ready for pickup.

Technological diversity for every application scenario

“Our customers face the challenge of meeting rising customer expectations, staff shortages, and cost pressures all at once. This is exactly where our solutions come in: they create efficient workflows, reduce manual processes, and enable a modern shopping experience – whether in an urban self-service concept or a traditional bakery store,” explains Ante Todoric, Managing Director of the Business Unit Retail at Bizerba.

Peter Riedel, COO and responsible for the Business Unit Retail, also emphasizes the strategic importance: “The bakery industry is undergoing a transformation. We see ourselves as a partner to our customers, providing not only technological answers but above all practical solutions. With our portfolio at iba, we show how tradition and future can be successfully combined.”

The trade show presentation is rounded off by further innovative highlights such as the fully automatic vertical slicer VSP F with SmarterSlicing technology, which ensures maximum hygiene and productivity through touchless placement and automatic carriage drive, as well as the Q1 expert 300, which impresses with sustainable design, modular construction, and state-of-the-art technology. For mobile use, the E3 basic completes the portfolio – a versatile, compact solution for inventories, weight checks, and online order picking, including Bluetooth connectivity for fast data exchange.

Presentation on the future of the bakery industry

A special highlight is the expert talk by Alexander Pogacnik and Franziska Klaiber, which will take place on May 18 at 3:00 p.m. on the iba.STAGE in Hall 15. Under the title “The Future of the Bakery Industry,” they will use concrete practical examples to show how digitalization and automation enable new sales concepts such as unmanned stores and 24/7 models. The focus is on low-threshold access to modern technologies – with solutions that can be quickly implemented and have an immediate measurable impact on customer satisfaction, efficiency, and revenue.

Visit us at iba 2025 in Hall 14, Booth E26 – we look forward to shaping the future of the bakery industry together with you!

Four key focus areas will shape Bizerba’s presence at the trade show: maximum efficiency through optimized production processes, valuable data use for transparent real-time decisions, sustainable solutions for eco-friendly production, and maximum flexibility in handling diverse product variants.

Fred Köhler, Managing Director of the Business Unit Industry, explains:“With our solutions at IFFA 2025, we demonstrate how cutting-edge technology can make our customers’ production processes more efficient. From precise inspection systems and automated packaging solutions to sustainable labeling – our portfolio offers integrated systems that boost efficiency and ensure the highest quality standards.”

Automated End-of-Line Solution as the Centerpiece

A central highlight of the trade show will be the fully automated, scalable end-of-line solution, demonstrated live at the booth in a continuous process loop. It combines state-of-the-art inspection, labeling, and handling technologies into a seamlessly automated and intelligently controlled system.

Its integration with the BRAIN2 software platform enables centralized control with comprehensive monitoring, OEE-analysis, and real-time order processing – a prime example of how data can be used to optimize production workflows.

Focus on Safety and Sustainability

Another key area is product safety: At IFFA, Bizerba will present its new LeakSecure leak detection device, which identifies even the smallest holes and cracks in product packaging – non-destructively and in real time.

Combined with the SealSecure sealing seam inspection system, Bizerba enables 100% inspection of packaging tightness and seal integrity – a powerful tool to prevent complaints and reduce food waste. In addition, sustainable labeling solutions like the CleanCut® Linerless technology show how material usage and waste can be reduced – without compromising on efficiency or design.

Smart Technology and Services for Maximum Performance

Bizerba is also setting new standards in slicing and weighing. The showcased systems deliver maximum efficiency and minimal giveaway – especially valuable for small and mid-sized businesses seeking flexible, adaptable solutions.

Bizerba also emphasizes its role as a reliable partner for maximum uptime and availability with its innovative service offerings. The Monitoring Cloud provides the foundation for predictive maintenance and significantly reduces unplanned downtimes. This is complemented by an augmented reality solution that makes maintenance and support even more efficient and user-friendly – another key step toward future-ready, sustainable service processes.

Visit us at IFFA 2025 and experience the future of meat and protein processing live!

Tailored solutions that make a difference in seafood processing 

Fish and seafood are among the most sensitive food products of all. Their processing presents particular challenges for manufacturers: high hygiene standards, strict traceability requirements, demanding packaging formats and increasing demands for sustainability. Added to this are extreme conditions such as moisture, cold, and salt, which require high-quality and durable materials, robust components and a hygiene-optimized design.

“The seafood industry clearly shows how essential it is to offer tailored solutions,” says Fred Köhler, Managing Director of the Business Unit Industry at Bizerba. “Our systems are designed precisely for these challenges – from hygienic construction and precise quality control in the production line to intelligent labeling with 2D codes.”

Setting a new standard for industry efficiency 

At the center of Bizerba’s presence in Barcelona is a simple yet critical question: How can modern technology make seafood production smarter, safer, and more resource-efficient? Bizerba responds with a future-ready solution portfolio tailored to the industry’s specific needs. Its modular systems are designed for seamless integration into existing environments, creating real value across the entire end-of-line process.

Live demonstrations of real-world applications 

At Hall 3, Booth 3LL803, visitors will experience hands-on demonstrations of Bizerba’s industrial solutions in action – demonstrating how they deliver safety, efficiency, and resource conservation in industrial seafood processing. From multi-lane checkweighing, leak and seal inspection, to sustainable linerless labeling with CleanCut®, Bizerba technology proves how performance and precision go hand in hand.

“Our tailored, customer-focused technologies show how product safety, traceability and sustainability can be combined seamlessly to meet the highest demands of the seafood industry,” Köhler adds.

Bizerba tackles key industry challenges head-on 

• Tough production environments:
  Corrosion-resistant materials and robust designs ensure long-lasting performance, even under extreme conditions.
   
• Freshness & hygiene:
  Real-time inspection and automatic rejection of faulty products protect both consumers and manufacturers. Devices designed for efficient cleaning also support the highest hygiene standards.
   
• Controls & compliance:
  Through centralized evaluations, real-time reporting, complete traceability and reliable inspection solutions, Bizerba supports audits in accordance with recognized food safety standards such as IFS, BRC, or HACCP. 

Bizerba product highlights 

Vision-based product inspection using X-ray and camera technologies as well as checkweighers: 100% in-line inspection in the production line ensures uncompromising product safety. Even the smallest foreign objects, faulty seals, packaging tears, or deviations in product weight are automatically detected and rejected – in real time and without interruption. Digital records and stored image data enable complete traceability and simplify documentation during audits.

A production line does not end with labeling. The steps that follow are just as critical for efficiency and quality. Bizerba offers solutions not only for label inspection but also for product handling. At the end of the line, a robot-based, customized case loading solution takes over packaging into secondary packaging and palletizing. This not only increases efficiency and minimizes manual effort, but also ensures that the goods are ready for transport.

Automatic linerless label applicator PAS-I CleanCut

The PAS-I CleanCut masters both C-wrap and full-wrap labeling with ease. Thanks to the linerless CleanCut® technology, there is no need for backing material—resulting in zero percent liner waste. The longer roll length also significantly reduces the effort required for roll changes. And since fewer changes mean fewer machine stops, production availability increases.

At the same time, the technology prevents the applicator blades from coming into contact with adhesive. This saves time during cleaning and reduces maintenance requirements. CleanCut® linerless labels are recyclable and ensure high-quality product presentation at the point of sale—fast, precise, and environmentally friendly.