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Published On 16/09/2025

Bizerba UK Appoints Richard Watson as New Managing Director

Milton Keynes, 16/09/2025

| Bizerba UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Watson as its new Managing Director, effective 26th August. Richard brings with him a wealth of leadership experience and a strong track record of success in the food processing and packaging industry.

With over nine years as Managing Director at Reiser, Richard has demonstrated a consistent ability to drive growth, lead high-performing teams, and deliver strategic results in highly competitive markets. His appointment marks an exciting new chapter for Bizerba UK as the company continues to expand its footprint and enhance its offering to customers across the region.

"We are thrilled to welcome Richard to the Bizerba family," said Andreas Kraut, Bizerba CEO, "His deep industry knowledge and leadership experience make him the ideal person to lead Bizerba UK into its next phase of innovation and growth."

Richard will be based at Bizerba UK's headquarters in Milton Keynes, overseeing operations and strategy across the UK and Ireland. His immediate focus will be on strengthening customer relationships, enhancing operational efficiency, and driving continued market leadership in retail, industrial, and logistics sectors.

“I’m excited to be joining Bizerba, a company with such a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and customer service,” said Richard Watson. “I look forward to working with the team to build on this legacy and lead the UK business into a successful future.”

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About Bizerba

Bizerba is one of the world's leading suppliers of precision products and integrated solutions for slicing, processing, weighing, testing, order picking, labeling and payment. As an innovative company, the Bizerba Group is continuously driving forward the digitalization, automation and networking of its products and services.

In this way, Bizerba offers its customers from trade, commerce, industry and logistics greater added value with complete state-of-the-art solutions. From hardware to software, apps, and cloud solutions, all complemented by the appropriate labels or consumables, Bizerba adheres to the motto 'unique solutions for unique people'.

Bizerba was founded in 1866 in Balingen / Baden-Württemberg and is today one of the top players in 120 countries with its solutions portfolio. The family-run company, now in its fifth generation, employs around 4,500 people worldwide and has production facilities in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, UK, China, Canada and the USA. In addition, the group of companies maintains a worldwide network of sales and service locations. Further information about Bizerba can be found at www.bizerba.com.

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