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Alb-Fils Klinikum, a municipal hospital owned by the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg, elevates its patient meal service with Stierlen’s innovative B-Smart and AGV transport system, learns Chris Evans


Smart food logistics


Alb-Fils Klinikum needed a robust catering infrastructure capable of delivering consistent meal quality at scale


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hen Alb-Fils Klinikum opened its new state-of- the-art hospital building in Göppingen, Germany, in 2025, the goal was clear: to create one of the most technologically advanced healthcare facilities in the region.


Alongside cutting-edge medical infrastructure and digital systems, the hospital also required a modern, highly efficient meal distribution solution capable of serving hundreds of patients every day. To achieve this, the hospital partnered with


Stierlen, implementing the company’s B-Smart tray system combined with an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) transport system — an innovative approach that brings automation, hygiene and precision together in hospital catering. Alb-Fils Klinikum is a municipal hospital,


owned by the Göppingen district in Baden- Württemberg, that also serves as an academic teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Ulm. With around 645 beds, including 43 intensive care beds, and approximately 30,000 inpatients and 135,000 outpatients treated each year, the hospital required a robust catering infrastructure capable of delivering consistent meal quality at scale. According to Michael Tibi, head of catering


services at Alb-Fils Klinikum, the move to the new hospital building created the opportunity to rethink foodservice operations from the ground up. “The main reason for the partnership was the need to implement a highly modern, efficient and


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