{"id":93218,"date":"2024-06-07T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T08:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=93218"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T08:35:25","slug":"schubert-with-growth-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/schubert-mit-wachstum-im-jahr-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine manufacturer Schubert defies the market situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contrary to the economic situation in the mechanical engineering sector, Gerhard Schubert GmbH is reporting significant growth for 2023. In Crailsheim, the company not only presented its latest annual report, but also the new building at its headquarters, a flagship project in terms of climate protection and workplace design. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With a total operating performance of 320 million euros and an increase in turnover of more than nine per cent, the packaging machine manufacturer is proving stable despite adverse market conditions. As part of its Mission Blue sustainability programme, the company is now focusing even more strongly on the Research and development of environmentally friendly packaging technologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201eOur Vision 2050 and Mission Blue are the right strategy for Schubert's future. We have bucked the trend and achieved a very good annual result. A team effort that we can be proud of.\u201c<\/p>\n

Marcel Kiessling<\/strong>, Managing Director Sales and Service of Gerhard Schubert GmbH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continuous growth for the thirteenth year in a row, even under difficult conditions - Schubert is thus maintaining its pioneering role in the packaging industry. The Schubert Group has established itself with an estimated total output of 400 million euros.<\/strong> further increased. Around 1,700 employees now belong to the group of companies, of which around 1,200 work for Gerhard Schubert GmbH in Crailsheim. Despite a shortage of skilled labour, the mechanical engineering company has succeeded, increase its core workforce<\/strong> and use the increased productivity to process the high order backlog for 2023.<\/p>

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Peter Gabriel, Ralf Schubert and Marcel Kiessling (from left), the Managing Directors of Gerhard Schubert GmbH, believe the packaging machine manufacturer is well positioned for the future. (Image: Gerhard Schubert GmbH)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Production and assembly capacities have also been fully utilised so far this year and the order books are full until 2025. This is a good starting position for innovative product developments, especially as the Budget for research and development expenditure in 2024 amounting to nine per cent of total operating performance<\/strong> is once again the largest single budget.<\/p>\n

\u201eThis year, we will continue to invest in digitalisation and the expansion of our existing product portfolio. Our key future technologies include the resource-saving TLM Comfort Feeder in conjunction with the A3 carton erector for feeding cardboard blanks and the Dotlock technology for strong joints of cardboard packaging without hot glue.\u201c<\/p>\n

Ralf Schubert,<\/strong> Managing partner and responsible for technology<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also on this list are the Expansion of Schubert Motion technology to other robot units<\/strong> for optimising path planning, the production-ready collaborative robot tog.519 and the 4YOUconnect service platform. Research activities in the field of robot technology are being further intensified in order to through AI projects in robotics and image processing<\/strong> to secure the future viability of the company. This is also the direction of the work on of the new TLM 7 machine generation<\/strong>. Additional success factors in the current business development are the establishment of industrial 3D printing processes on demand for additive manufacturing and the consistent further development of sustainable packaging solutions with the services of Schubert Packaging Perspectives.<\/p>