Last time iba was staged in person, it provided a platform for EUR 2.1 billion in trade fair contracts. ­

Five years later, anticipations run high for the industry’s first ‘official’ get-together in Europe since the pandemic. With exhibitors bringing their best and latest to the stand, we asked key industry players what news they are bringing to the Messe Munich, when the gates open to visitors for iba ’23 in October.

Heinen

Heinen will showcase its spiral technology with a live running system – a spiral freezer from the arctic a7 series, with 22 floors, a belt width of 760 mm and a total belt length of 384 m. “On this spiral system, we will show the innovations of our cleaning system PRO as well as our recently developed freezerfoamer® PRO,” says Jochen Hottinger, managing director. “Of particular ­interest is the new form-fitting drive, in which the belt runs on the drum without slippage. This has the advantage that the belt runs completely smoothly and there is therefore no movement between the products,” he explains. ­Visitors can also learn about Heinen’s energy-saving fans for its freezers, which will be ­available soon on the market. “Here, we try to achieve the ­Premium Efficiency Standard IE5,” ­Hottinger adds.

Heinen focuses on industrial bakeries for its developments, meaning high-performance, high-capacity machines. ­“Driven by the needs of this industry, we are always focusing on making the machines more intelligent, i.e. we will take away responsibility from the operator ­watching the machine and shift it into the machine,” says Hottinger.