AMF Bakery Systems will highlight its newest technology at iba, including its hydrogen oven and hybrid baking systems. At the stand, the company will showcase technology for dough make-up, proofing, baking and packaging, including a high-speed bun make-up system, a mini Combo make-up system for breads and buns, a Tromp pizza pressing unit, side-injecting machines for buns and rolls, sheeting and laminating systems, complete pizza topping solutions, as well as continuous/tunnel ovens and slicing and bagging units.

The specialist will illustrate its focus on sustainability, digitalization, automation and hygiene. Live baking is also staged at the stand. “Optimizing processes to reduce energy use and minimize waste is crucial,“ AMF highlights.

In the R&D agenda

AMF focuses on several key areas for its new developments in 2025, the specialist reveals, including:

• Sustainability – prioritizing energy consumption, waste management, and life cycle considerations. “Optimizing processes to reduce energy use and minimize waste is crucial,” AMF emphasizes.
• Innovation and digitalization: Smart solutions such as digital tools and AI (e.g., robotics and automatic cleaning) play a significant role in bakery efficiency. This also includes using platforms like AMF Connect for real-time monitoring.
• Healthier products: The trend towards healthier snacks, such as frozen pizzas and healthier bakery products, is growing. Consumers are expecting products that are not only tasty but also align with a healthy lifestyle.
• Automation: The trend towards ‘Lights Out Bakery’, the bakery of the future, requiring more automation and less labor, is a major priority at AMF, with a focus on improving productivity, scaling, and reducing costs.
• Hygienic design – food safety: Hygienic design is crucial for food safety in the bakery industry, AMF underlines: “It involves creating equipment that prevents contamination, using food-safe materials, and ensuring easy cleaning and maintenance. This helps maintain product quality, extend shelf life, and protect consumer health.”
  
  

The need for efficiency and higher productivity is a major driver of innovation at AMF, which is achieved through investments in robotics and smart solutions, such as advanced baking technologies and automatic cleaning systems, the company tells us.

In addition, sustainability is driven by the need to reduce the environmental footprint of the bakery industry. AMF innovations focus on energy efficiency, the circular economy, and minimizing food waste.

Innovation is also driven by a growing demand for healthier, responsible products, AMF highlights. This leads to the development of new product categories such as healthier snacks and pizzas that meet the demands of the modern consumer.

Additional information on what to expect at the AMF stand is available online.

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