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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.
Pizza is an ever-popular mainstay, everywhere around the world, at any time of the day. Its reign over eating and snacking times is bolstered by continuous innovation. Exciting, new assortments and flavor combinations are backed by innovation in the pizza production area.

Bühler AG
Bühler Holding AG is a Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer developing process solutions along complete value chains. It has a presence in over 140 countries with 100 service stations, over 30 manufacturing sites, and 25 application centers.

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.

Zeppelin Systems GmbH
Zeppelin has wide-ranging expertise when it comes to all aspects of raw material handling: raw material intake, storage, discharge, conveying, preparation, dosing, mixing and controlling.















