
A five-star event: Starline 5 launches
After five years of top-secret R&D, RONDO launched its newest project, the Starline 5 dough make-up line, with a great audience for a five-star event, in its hometown of Burgdorf, Switzerland.
After five years of top-secret R&D, RONDO launched its newest project, the Starline 5 dough make-up line, with a great audience for a five-star event, in its hometown of Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Specializing in frozen bakery products, Ledora Plus Kft. has always been steadily growing, since its launch. The company’s latest investment is also its biggest to date: a brand-new, fully automated factory in its hometown of Eger, Hungary, designed from scratch to fit production equipment and Ledora’s bold plans.
In an event organized in Burgdorf, RONDO launched the Starline 5, a new generation of high-performance dough processing lines. The ‘Starline’ series stands for maximum rated power, simple operation and a wide variety of products.
While recipe variations for baguettes and bread rolls are not only to be expected but also make for unique selling points, high hydration rates and long dough resting times are the calling card of more sophisticated, authentic premium products.
In the spring of 2023, Ölz der Meisterbäcker put its expanded production into operation. When it came to raw material handling, the Austrian plant baker relied on Zeppelin Systems for solutions.
Pizza and flatbreads. Naan and wraps. Pitas and handheld snacks. This is a generous and exciting product range, with ample space for new innovations. AMF Bakery Systems (AMF) designs complete systems that support all of them, with results matching artisan craft.
With over 8,000 new patisserie product launches every year, the challenge for industrial bakers is to diversify their offers by developing innovative creations that also pass nutritional checkpoints and provide an exciting eating experience, through an efficient manufacturing process.
Automated continuous mixing delivers real-time process assessment and consistency round the clock.
Notable examples we looked into include Koenig’s new generation of roll lines – the KGV Plus, and the latest addition, KGV EC that was just launched at iba.CONNECTING EXPERTS mid-March.
In industrial bagel manufacturing, the biggest challenge is fitting the production line in the available space while meeting individual recipe and process demands. Due to space constraints, certain modules can be considered optional, while others are highly recommended when customizing a line to specific requirements.
RONDO observes special donut shapes are increasingly in demand, and so is the flexibility to produce them all on one line, which also makes fast changeovers a necessity.
It takes a great deal of synchronization to consistently follow recipes and dose ingredients with maximum accuracy.

