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Why EFA?

 

Experience, expertise and ideas have made Schmid & Wezel GmbH, better known under the traditional brands "BIAX" and "EFA", a successful company for almost 100 years and an international leader in various market segments for decades.

Customer satisfaction is the goal and most important driving force for constant innovation and quality. The strengths of Schmid & Wezel Maschinenfabrik are needs-oriented solutions in high product quality and individual customer support by competent technical consultants close to the customer.

For almost 100 years now, EFA has been involved in process development in slaughtering and cutting in industry and trade with pioneering product technology.

The company has always relied on close cooperation with users, whose suggestions and criticism are gratefully accepted and implemented in product development. The result is the consistently high-quality EFA machine range with proven technology and innovative improvements for all sizes and capacities, which meets the increasing demands for efficiency, ergonomics, safety and hygiene.

In addition to reliable machine technology, the company promises fast, good and comprehensive customer service from a qualified team of well-trained and experienced practitioners, competent sales representatives and authorized dealers all over the world.

We are always interested in expanding our global partnerships. For cooperation inquiries, please contact b.kaya@efa-germany.de.

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09.05.2025

IFFA 2025

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10.03.2025

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From March 4 to 6, 2025, the Expo Carnes y Lácteos 2025 took place at the Cintermex in Monterrey, Mexico, which...

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24.02.2025

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21.01.2025

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14.11.2024

Meat Mania, Inter Expo Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

Our sales representative, Thomas Biere, together with our representative in Bulgaria, Bonner Ltd, participated in an important trade fair in Sofia, Bulgaria,...

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26.09.2024

Expomeat, São Paulo, Brazil

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17.09.2024

Tecno Fidta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Our esteemed employee Hector F. Garcia B., together with our representative in Argentina, Food Technology, participated in the Tecno...

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11.09.2024

Jinan Yellow River International Convention

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02.08.2024

AAMP, USA 01.08.2024-03.08.2024

Thomas Biere, who is responsible for North America, Canada and ten other dealers in Europe, together with our representative UltraSource...

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30.07.2024

Proteína Viva, Ecuador 25.07.2024 -27.07.2024

Héctor F. Garcia B. took part in the "Proteína Viva" trade fair in Ecuador together with our dealer Importadora Almeida. This...

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27.03.2024

ANUGA FOOD TEC in Cologne, Germany 19.04.2024 - 22....

At Anuga Food Tec, we had the opportunity to arrange several meetings with our distributors, which were very productive....

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08.11.2023

SÜFFA trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany 21.10.2023 - 2...

EFA at the SÜFFA 2023: Insights into the specialist sector The SÜFFA trade fair, an important meeting place for the meat industry, once again proved...

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30.08.2023

Product presentation VBE 7

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16.07.2023

AAMP AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEAT PROCESSORS in Charleston...

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16.06.2023

Alberta Pork Congress Canada 14.0.2023 - 15.06.2023

EFA represented by our local distributor Butchers Edge The Alberta Pork Congress is a non-profit association established to...
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23.04.2023

CIMIE Qingdao China 20.04.2023 - 22.04.2023

EFA represented by our local dealers Jack Hu The China International Meat Industry Exhibition (CIMIE) is an international trade fair in the...
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24.02.2023

Expo Carnes Monterrey Mexico 21.02.2023 - 23.02.2023

EFA represented by our local dealer Sebastian Carrera of Les Équipements Markenello Inc. Expo Carnes y Lácteos will take place in...
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16.10.2022

meat industry expo Niagara Canada 14.10.2022 - 15.10...

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