Bakeries
Davos is located at an altitude of 1,560 meters in the Swiss Alps. The city is not only the highest in Europe and a world-renowned health resort; above all, it is chic, sophisticated, and expensive. Anyone who wants to survive here has to be able to deliver top performance. This also applies to Weber Bakery, which supplies almost all 4- to 5-star hotels and other discerning customers in the town.
Production
Accurate real-time information and complete process control help baking technology take one more step toward sustainable baking.
Ensuring the utmost product safety is not only cost-saving, but also good business, as it’s a certain way to ensure a delicate and vital resource: a brand’s reputation.
Pans, coatings
In anticipation of EU regulations setting a timeline and the terms of managing PFAS in manufacturing, consumers and bakers are ready to do without them. Royal Kaak has been working on an innovative PFAS-free coating solution, developed at its facilities in France, that can replace traditional fluoropolymer coatings, with excellent results.
IBIE special
With rising anticipations, IBIE prepares to dazzle with a new installment, in true Las Vegas fashion. The time to pick events and place timeslots in agendas is here.
Key IBIE exhibitors share their latest developments and the innovations they bring to IBIE 2025. Here are some of the essential A-Z.
Interview
Eric Hill took on the CEO role of Kwik Lok Corporation in November 2024. Blair Chastain has been the Chief Revenue Officer since February 2023. Together, the new leadership team at Kwik Lok talks packaging and packaging waste regulation, European and global market strategies, and the company’s advances in supporting bakeries to navigate changes in these areas.
Gil Bundy, Bill Bundy, Bob Bundy and Tom Bundy together lead their family business, global leader Bundy Baking Solutions. Last year, they celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary in the baking industry. Now, they share a
behind-the-scenes view of its success.
BREADS, ROLLS, brioche, pastries
Small specialties, from adventurous buns to decadent croissants, are undisputed royalty in the realm of baked goods. Innovation is here to provide the appropriate courtesy while perfecting each batch, consistently.
Reliable, delicate and consistent sheeting is the meeting place of accurate technology and dough rheology. Now, smart algorithms and automations add a level of sophistication to the process that completely takes the stress out of the equation and the dough sheet.
Verhoeven Bakery Equipment Family developed the Repeatloaf initiative to contribute to lowering waste in the baking industry. It offers an automated solution that upcycles leftover bread.
Science
Targeted cleaning can be adapted to the status of the pipelines for efficient operations.
Markets
Simple pleasures, elevated indulgence, empowering choices and sweet connections: these are the four current trends driving the world of sweet bakery goods, according to comprehensive research from Dawn Foods.
