COMPANY FOCUS
Over 30 years in the food processing equipment business Butcher and Meat Processing Equipment (B.M.P.E) was founded in 2004 by Olaf Blömker. It started as a one-man business selling equipment to small butcheries on the Cape Town to Johannesburg route and has since grown exponentially. It currently boasts a team of highly qualified and experienced individuals, each bringing with them a spectrum of skills and expertise.
B
.M.P.E is an import and export
• Production flow.
company that is currently recognised
• Legal understanding surrounding the
as Africa’s leading supplier of new
and refurbished food processing equipment,
business type. • Increasing profitability.
through its agency-relationships with a host of reputable brands. Over the many
Additional services offered by B.M.P.E
years that they have been in business, their
include:
development strategies have focused on
• SLA on a 12, 24 or 36 months option,
the sustainable growth of their organisation
which guarantees the optimal
through strategic investment in new
functioning of the machines.
business development initiatives that will
• Rent to own options, which allows the
help uplift communities by creating jobs in
buyer the option to buy the machine
the urban, rural and sub-rural communities. “BMPE is a proudly South African company
after the rental period has ended. • Rent to trade-in option, which allows the
whose core focus is on the investment in
buyer to trade the old machine in for an
the future growth of the country,” says
upgraded version at the end of the lease
founder and CEO, Olaf Blömker.
period.
The base of the operation is in South Africa with the head office in Lanseria
THE B.M.P.E VISION
and a branch in Cape Town. However,
To help businesses achieve their goals
their client footprint spans across Africa.
through innovative technological
With the support of their counterparts in
solutions that are simple to adopt, B.M.P.E
Poland, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Germany,
embraces the unique characteristics
they supply renowned food processing
and culture of their clients’ businesses
machinery, equipment and clips to clients
to create solutions of high value and
in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia,
quality. They are dedicated to designing
Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi,
and implementing solutions that make a
Egypt and Nigeria.
difference together with their clients.
B.M.P.E provides integrated and diverse solutions for: • Abattoirs/deboning • Butcheries • Supermarket groups • Franchise outlets • Meat processing plants/processing plants B.M.P.E food processing equipment and supplies include the following services: • Reducing food waste systems available. • Energy and water efficiency.
"B.M.P.E are committed to growing with their customers by delivering greater business value through the alignment of technology, business processes, organisational structure and strategy."
• Recipe formulation. • Advanced technological information.
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November/December 2021 | FOOD RE VIEW