The WITRON Group can reflect on a successful fiscal year for 2025. Driven by new projects with food retailers in Europe and North America, the company achieved a record level of incoming orders exceeding 2 billion EUR – the highest in its corporate history. Sales also developed positively, rising to 1.5 billion EUR (+7.15 percent compared to FY 2024). WITRON currently employs 7,500 people worldwide – 2,500 of whom work at the company’s headquarters in Parkstein.
The company’s innovative storage and picking systems and its extensive industry expertise for their highly automated logistics centres for dry, fresh, and frozen food is reflected in the contract signings with customers such as REWE, EDEKA, Coop Norway, TJ Morris (UK), Tesco, Axfood, Walmart, and Ahold Delhaize. At the heart of these logistics projects is the end-to-end OPM solution, which ensures sustainable benefits along the entire supply chain and is now successfully used in more than 100 food retail distribution centres.
WITRON remains an independent company – ensuring that it will continue to be a strong lifetime partner for its customers and suppliers, as well as an attractive and crisis-proof employer for its workforce. In addition, the foundation supports a wide range of charitable initiatives.
AI models as highly available tools
In addition to the new development and further finetuning of logistics modules, mechanical components, and IT systems, WITRON’s software specialists and engineers are intensively focused on creating practical, application-oriented AI tools. Particular attention is given to master data models, image recognition programs, and optimization solutions for service and maintenance – with the aim of providing employees in the distribution centres with highly available tools that support them effectively in their daily work.
At WITRON, supply chain optimization is approached consistently from an end to end perspective – extending far beyond the scope of a conventional distribution centre. The goal is to break down existing silo structures and seamlessly connect all upstream and downstream processes along the entire value chain: from suppliers, production, distribution, and retail, all the way to the end consumer. The holistic approach enables the identification and utilization of optimization potential in every part of the supply chain. At the same time, end to end integration creates the basis for deploying existing and future automation and logistics solutions even more efficiently.
A central component of this vision is the intelligent use of available and external data sources such as forecasts, weather information, promotions, or consumption patterns. With the help of modern AI based methods, these data sets will be holistically interconnected and transformed into operational decision making. The result is a seamlessly optimized, data-driven supply chain that increases transparency, improves responsiveness, and delivers sustainable efficiency gains. WITRON is continuously working on the stepwise implementation of this end to-end vision – with the clear goal of providing its customers with measurable added value along the entire value chain.
Hieber becomes part of Group
At the beginning of 2025 Hieber-Ideen aus Stahl, headquartered in Wörth an der Donau, became part of the Group. The specialist for metal processing and complex welded assemblies employs more than 100 staff members. Company Hieber has long been a reliable partner to WITRON, distinguishing by outstanding quality and expertise. Company founder Christian Sander has joined the Management Board. For WITRON, this partnership represents an important step in strengthening our in house capabilities and enhancing our integrated solution portfolio.
New apprentices
WITRON remained true to its commitment in fiscal year 2025 to providing young talents with an optimal start into their professional careers. In September, 81 new colleagues began their apprenticeships in Parkstein – across 18 different technical and commercial professions, as well as in the catering sector. The company was also highly satisfied with the outcomes of its vocational training programs. As in previous years, trainers and successful graduates were once again able to celebrate numerous outstanding exam results, many of which were recognized with awards from regional and national chambers and guilds.