B.PRO manufactures capital goods and system solutions in stainless steel and plastic for professional food logistics in communal catering.
B.PRO GmbH
Oberderdingen (DE) · Hilter (DE) · Frýdek-Místek (CZ) · Diest (BE) · St. Albans (GB) · Sausheim (FR) · Vienna (AT) · Steinhausen (CH) · Barcelona (ES)New on Amplifa
About B.PRO
B.PRO GmbH, headquartered in Oberderdingen (Baden-Württemberg), is an internationally active manufacturer of capital goods for out-of-home catering. The portfolio includes food transport containers, food distribution systems with conveyor belts and cooling stations, food service counters (BASIC LINE), mobile cooking stations for front cooking (COOT), transport and service trolleys, dispensers, Gastronorm containers and commercial kitchen accessories. Production is predominantly in stainless steel as well as plastic; through the ENOXX Engineering business unit, individually manufactured precision parts made of stainless steel, aluminium and plastics are also produced for industry. Production takes place in Germany (Oberderdingen, Hilter/BRIMATO) and the Czech Republic (B.PRO CZ, Frýdek-Místek). The company traces back to “Blanc & Co.”, founded by Heinrich Blanc in 1925, has been a 100-percent subsidiary of the Blanc & Fischer family holding since 2021 and generated revenue of 86 million euros in 2024 with around 501 employees. Customers include hospitals, care facilities, corporate catering, caterers, hotels, schools, bakeries, food retail as well as sports venues such as the Wildparkstadion of Karlsruher SC.
- Site
- Oberderdingen
- Processes
- Individual manufacture of precision parts for industry (ENOXX Engineering), Stainless steel processing / manufacture of stainless steel capital goods for the commercial, Toolmaking (own toolmaking since 1963), Manufacture of Gastronorm containers (around 60 years of experience, 240 product variants), Consulting and planning (B.PRO planning team, P.Con planning tool, B.PRO configurator), Catering Automation, Catering digitalization (QMSpot quality management software), Front cooking solutions
- Materials
- Stainless steel, Aluminium, Plastics
- Founded
- 1925
- Employees
- 501
- Industries
- Communal catering, Bakery, Daycare and school catering, Shopfitting, Caterers, Corporate catering
- 01
Engineering and toolmaking
- 02
Sheet metal and stainless steel processing
- 03
Manufacture of capital goods
- 04
Catering Automation (BRIMATO)
- 05
Assembly
- 06
Distribution via specialized retail and own sales companies
- 07
Service, customer service and spare parts supply
Materials and Processes
Stainless steel
Main material for transport trolleys, food service counters, Gastronorm containers, dispensers and commercial kitchen accessories with hygienic, easy-to-clean surfaces.
Plastics
Used for food transport containers (B.PROTHERM K) as well as individually manufactured precision parts at ENOXX Engineering.
Aluminium
Material for individually manufactured precision parts for industry (ENOXX Engineering).
Locations
Oberderdingen
DEHead office/registered office
- Materials
- Stainless steel
Hilter
DEBRIMATO Catering Automation Technology GmbH (production/automation)
Frýdek-Místek Chlebovice
CZProduction plant (B.PRO CZ s.r.o.)
Diest
BESales company Benelux (B.PRO Benelux bv)
St. Albans
GBSales company Great Britain (B.PRO Solutions UK Ltd.)
Sausheim
FRSales company France (B.PRO France S.A.R.L.)
Wien
ATSales company Austria (B.PRO Austria GmbH)
Steinhausen
CHSales company Switzerland (B.PRO GmbH branch)
Barcelona
ESRepresentative office Spain
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual manufacture of precision parts for industry (ENOXX Engineering)Machining | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel, Aluminium, Plastics |
| Stainless steel processing / manufacture of stainless steel capital goods for the commercialForming | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel |
| Toolmaking (own toolmaking since 1963)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of Gastronorm containers (around 60 years of experience, 240 product variants)Forming | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1925
Founded by Heinrich Blanc as “Blanc & Co.”
- 1931
Heinrich Blanc and Karl Fischer found BLANC & FISCHER
- 1950
Start of production of stainless steel equipment for the commercial kitchen industry (foundation of the Catering business unit)
- 1961
Production of medical bathtubs made of stainless steel – first step toward the Medical business unit
- 1963
Establishment of an in-house toolmaking department, from which the Industrial business unit emerges
- 1987
The BLANCO trademark is officially incorporated into the company name
- 2007
The B2B division is continued as an independent company (BLANCO CS); today's B.PRO Group emerges
- 2012
Acquisition of KUGEL Edelstahlverarbeitung GmbH in Viechtach; the Railway business unit emerges; BLANCO CS becomes BLANCO Professional
- 2014
Red Dot Award for the large-capacity transport trolley MEGAstore
- 2015
Anniversary “90 Years of BLANCO”
- 2016
Catering Star 2016 for the BLANCO COOK front cooking system, Best of Market 2016 for food distribution systems
- 2018
Double 1st place “GGKA-Bestpartner 2018/2019” in the categories Front Cooking and Logistics
- 2019
Acquisition of automation specialist BRIMATO Catering Automation Technology GmbH
- 2021
BLANCO Professional GmbH & Co KG is renamed B.PRO GmbH; 100-percent subsidiary of the Blanc & Fischer family holding
- 2022
Revenue increase of 21% to 123 million euros
- 2023
Focus on automation and digitalization