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The B.PRO company is a highly influential supplier of products and systems for professional

kitchens. In their twenty-eight years of existence, they have flourished to become one of the most

crucial employers in the Moravian-Silesian Region and their growth continues—in their facilities,

employees and products.

B.PRO CZ was founded in 1925 in the

municipality of Oberderdingen Germany

by Heinrich Blanc under its original name

‘Blanc & Co.’ After almost seventy years

of successful business in Germany, the

company expanded to the Czech Republic

under the name BLANCO. In 1993, it

started the production of sink pans, working

surfaces and preparatory trolleys in Frýdek

Místek. At the time, the company only had

four employees, however, it grew quickly

and, in 1996, moved to a 2,000 square

meter hall in Baška.

By 2004, the company had outgrown

their headquarters in Baška, giving birth

to the large project of constructing a new

production facility in the small village

of Chlebovice. The project is currently

in its second phase, with two halls

accommodating a total area of 10,000

square meters already operational. The

construction of the third hall, moving

the project to its final phase, is set to

begin in January of next year. This final

warehouse hall will later be outfitted with

another 3,000 square meters dedicated to

production.

Since 2012, all production has been being

gradually transferred from Germany to

Chlebovice; as of right now, 70% of B.PRO

production capabilities are already stationed

in the Czech town. All finished products

are currently being sent to the warehouse

in Oberderdingen, from where they are

then distributed to customers, however,

after the construction of the warehouse in

Chlebovice, this will no longer be necessary.

B.PRO produces high-quality stainless steel

products for large kitchens in restaurants,

hospital canteens as well as regular ones

for schools—in short, for all kitchens that

need to produce large quantities of meals.

Their range includes trolleys, conveyor belts,

buffet tables, banquet trolleys, portioning

systems and much more.

Customers can select from a large selection

of goods either by purchasing a standard

product or by using the B.PRO website’s

configurator tool to specify parameters and

customize their product according to their

specific needs. If that is not enough however,

they also offer the option for individual

projects to perfectly match customer needs.

Maintaining a personal and individual

approach towards customers is very

important for B.PRO, and the new name

reflects that sentiment. ‘We restlessly

innovate our products in order to make

them more comfortable for the customer

so that it fits their needs perfectly’, says

David Krompolc, director of the Chlebovice

facility.

coronavirus, B.PRO has not let any of their

employees go because, as Ms. Nahodilová

from the HR department said, ‘We would

never be where we are now without our

employees’. The B.PRO staff greatly values

this approach, so job fluctuation within the

company is minimal. Despite the current

crisis, the company keeps growing and

is continually hiring more employees.

‘We are a company that makes products

that build our future: people will always

need to eat, and our goods will always

be necessary in hospitals. Our staff can

therefore clearly see the value of their

work’, Ms Náhodilová says.

A company of such a size cannot operate

without constantly working on innovating

their products to keep up with modern

technologies and current ecological

and safety requirements. Automatic

welding machines, robotic welders and

manipulators, among other devices, have

already been implemented in order to

preserve employee health and safety. The

next phase of the B.PRO modernisation plan

is set to begin within the next year, in which

certain manual tasks, which can be harmful

to employee health, will be replaced by

collaborative and grinding robots.

B.PRO truly values their qualified employees

and does its best to take care of them. For

example, the company set up an internal

training center where new employees

are trained in all the necessary systems

and devices—not only theoretically, but

practically. Particularly skillful or ambitious

employees also have the opportunity to

receive training in stainless steel welding

or other professional positions, as well.

A transparent level system for career growth

and a wide range of benefits are also

a matter of course.

Currently, the company has over 200

employees, around two thirds of which are

in production. B.PRO has become a very

influential and highly favored employer

within the Moravian-Silesian Region. Even

through the crisis brought about by the

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