please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message bizerba se & co. kg industry food processing founded 1866 headquarters balingen germany area served international key people andreas wilhelm kraut managing director stefan junker managing director products retail scales slicers logistics systems labels revenue 598.6 million 2015 number of employees 3700 2016 website www.bizerba.com bizerba headquarters in balingen germany bizerba se & co. kg is a german provider of weighing and slicing technologies for industry and trade and is a worldwide leading specialist in industrial weighing and labeling technologies . citation needed it was founded in 1866 by the bizer brothers in balingen . 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 . bizerba has approximately 3700 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 se & co. kg germany . its corporate office is located in joppa md. bizerba is working with factory authorized distributors in all 50 states and puerto rico . bizerba engineered solutions is a new subsidiary located in richmond usa . milestones edit bizerba is well known in the food industry citation needed 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 1 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 2007 first generation of modular checkweigher leave the factory 2010 the new ceraclean surface finish is introduced to bizerba slicers 2011 with the appointment of andreas wilhelm kraut as chairmen of the executive board ceo the family company bizerba is again managed by a fifth generation shareholder 2012 bizerba develops the kscalepad which is a weighing counter board that serves as a weighing platform and work surface for hygienic cutting dec 2015 bizerba continues to expand its international network of sites . in november the market leading citation needed provider of solutions for weighing slicing and labelling technology opened a branch in singapore . jan 2016 bizerba bought back the company shares from the zurich deutscher herold lebensversicherung ag . after around 20 years the company is now once again under the full ownership of the founding family kraut . feb 2016 bizerba takes over the italian company mac & label . with its head office in cesena the company is specialized in labeling applicators for the fruit and vegetable sector . apr 2016 bizerba recorded sales of 598.6 million euros and 19 percent growth in its fiscal year 2015 as a result of sales increases in all regions worldwide references edit history of the scales pt . 3 11 november 2011 . accessed 13 may 2015 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bizerba . bizerba this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bizerba & oldid 737374365 categories companies based in baden w rttembergfood and 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