Bizerba is committed to the "Blue Competence" initiative of VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and makes significant investments in research activities to design and provide products and solutions in terms of sustainability.
Blue Competence is a sustainability initiative established by VDMA. Professional associations and industry organizations network in order to bundle resources and know-how on environmental protection. Approximately 400 companies committed to ecology, environmental awareness, energy efficiency and sustainability in their strategic alignment - including Bizerba - have joined this initiative.
As a family-run company with a history spanning more than 150 years, Bizerba assumes responsibility for paving the way for a sustainable future. Subjects such as the growing energy demand worldwide, the effects of climate change, food waste and unnecessary mountains of trash should concern us all. With our commitment to the Blue Competence Initiative of VDMA we are setting a sign and consciously invest time, money and resources in research in order to e.g. optimize our products' energy efficiency.
After years of research, Bizerba has found a possibility to significantly reduce the energy consumption of slicers. Using an intelligent motor control unit, the motor's electronic system provides exactly the output required to slice the specific product.
If the operator inserts a product which is easy to slice, the machine detects the specific resistance and provides a correspondingly lower power to the blade motor. The motor only uses its full torque and the maximum motor output for products which are difficult to slice. Because of this demand-based motor output, the slicers need up to 45 percent less power than conventional machines on the market depending on the respective load profile. In stand-by mode no power is consumed at all.
Bizerba also opts for efficient solutions in the field of labels. Conventional products need silicone backing paper which the labeler strips off before labeling. In this process, tremendous volumes of waste are generated. This can be illustrated using an example: If a producer changes the rolls on every printer for an average of 2000 times per year, this generates one ton of waste. To remedy this Bizerba offers linerless labels with surface refinement so that they adhere to each other in layers. As a result, backing paper is no longer necessary. This technology is resource-saving and will form an important element of sustainable packing in the future.