The Federation of European Manufacturers and Suppliers of Ingredients to the Bakery, Confectionary and Patisserie Industries (Fedima), elected a new Board during its Annual General Assembly (GA) in Seville, Spain, held from September 20 to 21. The event also saw members discuss priorities for the year ahead, share the challenges facing the sector, and gather to connect.
AIBI announces that its next biennial Congress will be held in Hamburg, Germany, from May 22 to 24, 2024. The details of the program are now being finalized. It is bound to include topics such as sustainability, energy, the workforce in the industry and the role of IT and digitalization in bakery businesses, AIBI anticipates.
Anuga debuts two trade events this year, under the patronage of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to highlight key challenges such as combatting hunger and the transformation of the food supply chains, and discuss possible solutions. The events add to Anuga’s key theme in October, ‘Sustainable Growth’.
Artisan bakery is one of the focus topics at iba in October 2023, combining tradition with innovation and national with international perspectives. The highlights will include exhibitor product presentations, dedicated action areas as well as lectures held at the iba.SPEAKERS AREA and the iba.FORUM. Competitions such as the German Championships of Master Bakers or the iba.UIBC.CUP of Bakers and Confectioners will also bring craftsmanship into the spotlight.
The MECATHERM ACADEMY is organizing a new, three-day course on the fundamentals of industrial baking. It will be held from November 14 to 16 this year. The training session will combine theory, with a focus on ingredients and bread manufacturing, and practice.
The Sultanate of Oman received the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier vessel, according to its builder, Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The ship called Suiso Frontier (‘suiso’ means ‘hydrogen’) arrived in Oman on August 14, the Hydrogen Council announced.
Around 200 Tunisian bakers went on strike this week following the government’s recent ban on buying subsidized flour, which could mean closures for many of them. The ban affects around 1,500 bakeries that produce European-style bread.
Last time iba was staged in person, it provided a platform for EUR 2.1 billion in trade fair contracts.
We are just one summer away from the most anticipated bakery event of the hemisphere. With planning in full swing,
The Central Association of the German Bakery Trade will have a new location at iba this year. From October 22 to 26, the association will be present in Hall A4.230, for an easier direct interaction with bakers there.
On popular demand, the Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) will be held every year from 2024. Even before the start of swop 2023, it was clear that the trade fair will already be held again in 2024, Messe Dusseldorf explains, to match the growing demand from exhibitors and visitors.
Koeln Parma Exhibitions (KPE) presents the 2023 edition of Cibus Tec which will be held in Parma from October 24 to 27 and announces the foundation of the First Machinery Observatory for Food & Beverage.
