Trade visitors were eager to welcome iba’s comeback as they joined to see the latest developments and get inspiration for baking businesses of all sizes. Over five days, 57,000 people from 150 countries traveled to attend the fair in Munich, where 1,073 exhibitors from
46 countries had their latest developments on display. The show introduced a new layout spanning 10 halls, arranged around four fields of interest: production technology and equipment, raw materials and ingredients, artisan bakeries and packaging technology. By comparison, over 77,000 visitors from around 170 countries came to iba in 2018, when 1,300 companies occupied 12 halls of Messe Munich in a parallel spread.