One year of weekend shifts at B&R
s, B&R has been investing in a number of initiatives: In 2022, ABB opened a global innovation and education campus at the B&R headquarters in Eggelsberg which provides training capacity for up to 4,000 [...] weekend employees will remain with B&R, switching to regular weekday shifts. Weekend shifts leveraged B&R’s recent 60% increase in processing capacity. In March 2023, B&R introduced a year-long, 20-hour weekend [...] together with our works council and the trade unions has proven itself in every respect," explained B&R CEO Joerg Theis: "This additional utilization of our expanded plant capacities enabled us to quickly