IBIE Preview: RBS Showcases the New WCX Wirecut Machine

Part of Worldbakers’ IBIE SPECIAL EDITION 2022, we interview important exhibitors about what they bring to IBIE, so readers know what to expect at the Baking Expo that takes place between September 18-21, 2022, in Las Vegas. Today we interview Joe Pocevicius, Sales Director EMES, RBS.

RBS is the industry leader in bakery and snack manufacturing equipment. At IBIE, our booths will showcase a wide range of innovative technology. On the show floor, we will display and run the new WCX Wirecut Machine, sustainable baking solutions and the latest in snack innovation. In our Mixing Solutions Center, we will feature Continuous Mixing Systems to help you cuts costs by reducing manpower, energy and mixing errors, while improving consistency and simplifying your mixing process.

Bakers are being challenged to become more sustainable, and we see many opportunities to increase sustainable processes in baking, particularly in the oven. As customers look to reduce energy costs, and reduce their carbon footprint, they need to open their minds to new forms of energy. We see electric energy as the most efficient replacement for natural gas. Electricity is converted 1 to 1, so there is no energy lost in the heating process, and there are zero carbon emissions. Electric ovens will provide the same bake profile to most products. The challenge with electric energy is cost and infrastructure. Energy costs are still higher than gas. We see that changing in the future as governments impose carbon credits, and as the infrastructure to supply clean energy to more parts of the country improves.