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MIWE America celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Middlesex, New Jersey. Spanning 15,000 square feet, the new facility features a MIWE live baking center, the MIWE America technical center, and a warehouse.
Dawn Foods hired Kristi Kangas as Senior Vice President of North America Manufacturing Operations, reporting to John Schmitz, Chief Operating Officer.
Bundy Baking Solutions announced leadership changes: William (Bill) Bundy is now the Chief Executive Officer, as of January 5, 2026, while Gilbert Bundy assumed the role of Chairman.
Samuel Schär started the year with a new role, as CEO of Bühler. He succeeds Stefan Scheiber, who is being proposed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors.
dsm-firmenich announced ‘Frosted Star Anise’ as its Flavor of the Year for 2026, drawing from the Pantone Color of the Year 2026: ‘PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer’. The lofty white hue inspired dsm-firmenich to elevate both an ingredient and a feeling as the 2026 Flavor of the Year.
Lesaffre expanded its existing Baking Center™ in Shanghai with new, state-of-the-art industrial production lines, aimed at providing technical support and solutions to industrial bakers in the Chinese market.
Two popular baking books by wheat expert Prof. Dr. Friedrich Longin are now available in a single volume, compiled in English and offered as a free download. The volume combines two books previously published in German.
Whether lowering ingredients such as sugar
or salt, or adding others – fibers, proteins, or more,
reformulating products for a better nutritional profile essentially means creating a new product with its own optimum processing parameters.
For most consumers, bread is ‘flour, yeast, salt’. Professionals know better:
between 50 – 60% of a bread dough, by mass, is water.
And how you can address them at your facility.
A vacuum may usually be understood as a space entirely devoid of any matter, but it’s quite the opposite of emptiness when it comes to vacuum technology in bakery.
Tartlets are a growth driver for Swiss pastry
manufacturer HUG. The increase in demand is also
linked to the shortage of skilled workers in the catering
and bakery sectors.

AIBI – International Association of Plant Bakers
The International Association of Plant Bakeries was founded in Paris in 1956. In 2024, it counted 18 national member organizations. 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).

Anton Paar GmbH (Brabender)
Anton Paar develops, produces and distributes highly accurate laboratory instruments and process measuring systems, and provides custom-tailored automation and robotic solutions. It incorporates the epertise from Brabender, following its acquisition.

AutomationX GmbH
AutomationX is an Austrian company specializing in the automation of raw material handling systems, with dedicated software solutions.

Backaldrin International
backaldrin International, The Kornspitz Company, develops bread ideas and premium baking ingredients. The product range includes high-quality wheat and bread baking agents, sourdoughs, special premixes for bread, rolls and confectionery, bread spices, as well as fillings and flavors, many also available in organic quality.

Corbion
Corbion is a supplier of food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients. The company uses its unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver healthy, sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production.

CSB System
CSB-System provides bakery ERP solutions for bakery and pastry shops that help with product management, legal requirement compliance, traceability, and transparency in operations.

CSM Ingredients
CSM Ingredients is a global ingredient-tech company with the aim of collaboratively enabling the evolution of the food ecosystem.

ECD – Electronic Controls Design
ECD develops advanced thermal profiling tools for high-yield baking operations. The company’s solutions such as M.O.L.E.™ thermal profilers, CakeOMETER and BreadOMETER product sensors, and the OvenBALANCER machine quality management tool help ensure consistent, high quality baked goods results.

Eurogerm
Eurogerm specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of creative ingredients and solutions for the wheat, flour, bread, and patisserie sectors, for either crusty or soft products with different tastes and textures.

Fedima
Fedima is the European trade association representing the bakery, patisserie and confectionery ingredients’ manufacturers. It’s mission is to shape a favourable environment to ensure a sustainable and an innovative bakery industry.

iba
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.

KPM Analytics
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.

Lesaffre International
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.

Multivac
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.

New Era Machines
New Era Machines provides advanced & versatile biscuit production lines & highly efficient bakery systems that Incorporate cutting-edge technologies for streamlined production

Puratos
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.

Rheon Automatic Machinery GmbH
Rheon, a Japan-based corporation. It is a specialized manufacturer of automated food processing machinery.

Shick Esteve
Shick Esteve provides ingredient automation solutions and process design services. The company’s expertise includes automation of bulk, minor/micro-ingredients, liquid ingredients, flour reclaiming systems and process design.

Spiromatic
Spiromatic provides solutions for ingredient handling, fermentation systems, and mixing technology in the bakery industry.

Syntegon Technology GmbH
Syntegon provides processing and automated packaging solutions that can support seamless processing, with a focus on sustainability, hygiene and use of utilization.

Unifiller Systems Inc.
Founded over 35 years ago, Unifiller Systems Inc. is a supplier of portioning, pumping and decorating equipment that can be used in bakeries and food plants worldwide.















