Iba is the world’s leading trade fair for the baking and confectionery industry and offers a unique platform where the latest trends and innovations in the industry are presented.

The most important grain-based food event in the Western Hemisphere, IBIE, or Baking Expo, is a platform for the global community, bringing together peers who are facing the same challenges and opportunities specific to their role. From strategies for navigating unpredictable input costs to innovative automation solutions, all current issues are met with solutions. The show also includes IBIEducate, a powerful educational component.

ICECOOL specializes in refrigeration technology and has unique expertise in combined proofing and cooling processes. Solutions such as SOFTSTEAM and SLOWPROOFING enable the bakeries to achieve perfect baked goods quality.

The International Association of Plant Bakeries was founded in Paris in 1956. At present, 18 national member organizations are affiliated to AIBI. AIBI’s key task is to represent its members’ interests, especially vis-à-vis European and international institutions (EU Commission, European Council and European Parliament).

IIntralox is a global conveying solutions company, offering direct service in more than 100 countries. Intralox specializes in innovative technologies: Modular Plastic Conveyor Belting, ThermoDrive® technology, DirectDrive™ Spiral Systems, and Activated Roller Belt™ (ARB™).

IPCO is a manufacturer of steel belts for the food industry, where they are used as conveying media for baking, cooling, freezing, and more. The smooth surface can be easily cleaned with the IPCO Laser Cleaner. The company also provides chocolate processing solutions.

Aiming to be a partner in aroma and taste development, IREKS GmbH produces high-quality baking ingredients – from improvers and mixes to malts and sourdoughs. In doing so, the company unites tradition and innovation.

Ishida Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational company that manufactures food-packing machinery. It has been in business since 1893 and is a privately owned family business. It invented the multihead weigher, for which it enjoys a global market share of 70%.

JAC specializes in bread slicing and dough processing since 1946. Starting from JAC bread slicers, the company has developed a complete range of machines for bread slicing and dough processing.

Kempf GmbH is a family business that has been specializing in bakeware and coatings for 50 years. The company provides a wide range of products that include a variety of industrial trays as well as tray coatings for all processing needs.

KPM Analytics develops scientific instrumentation for analyzing critical food quality parameters and assessing production processes. Each of the company’s brands has a long history of delivering advanced analysis solutions to ensure product quality and optimize process efficiency.

Kwik Lok Corporation specializes in creating bag closing and printing solutions to the baking, produce and other industries around the world. This results in one of life’s little conveniences, the ability to easily reclose a package.

A global player in the fermentation of microorganisms (yeasts, bacteria) for baking, taste, healthcare & biotechnology, Lesaffre has a EUR 3 billion turnover and is established on all continents.

The Martin Braun-Gruppe, headquartered in Hanover, develops, produces, and sells a full range of convenience products for the baking, confectionery, and catering industries. It delivers its products to wholesalers and retailers, bakeries, pastry shops and food services, and industrial companies worldwide.

MECATHERM has over 900 installations all over the world, supplying solutions for medium-sized and industrial bakeries, from dedicated units for a baking process, to whole production plants.

US-based Middleby Bakery provides reliable low- and high-volume equipment solutions for the production of bread, rolls, and buns, as well as cakes, biscuits, cereal, baked snacks, and much more.

MIWE Michael Wenz GmbH specializes in manufacturing a wide range of in-store ovens.

MULTIVAC is a family business from the Allgäu region in southern Germany that operates at an international level. With integrated packaging and processing solutions, the company offers to its customers solutions for individual added value – across the entire logistics chain.

Puratos is an international group, that offers a full range of food ingredients and services for the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate sectors. It serves artisans, retailers, industrial and food service companies in 135 countries around the world.

Rademaker develops and provides solutions for the food processing industry. The company specializes in automation, engineering, hygiene and process performance. 

The Reading Bakery Systems brands – Thomas L. Green, Reading Pretzel, Exact Mixing and Reading Thermal – offer production lines capable of producing a wide range of snack products, continuous mixing solutions and oven profiling. The company also provides consulting services.