Innovation Takes Center Stage at IBIE
Major technology, ingredient, and baked goods companies reunite under the IBIE flags this September to launch a series of exciting new products aimed at making the industry better and the customers happier.
ABM Equipment
Eagle PI, the company that first brought X-ray to food and pioneered X-ray item count, checkweighing, package dud detection, fat analysis and dual energy, has once again doubled industry capabilities with photon-counting technology. ABM Equipment, their primary distributor, is applying this technology to baking applications and providing retrofits for legacy machines.
Agriflex
Agriflex product cooling machinery uses an innovative technology, patented by Agriflex, that decreases the dough’s final temperature by as much as 20°C/68°F, ensuring a constant and homogeneous temperature through self-regulation.
Air Management Technologies
AMT’s latest system integrates advanced Clean Room Technologies (CRTech) to precisely manage temperature, moisture, particulates and pressurization — ensuring safer, more consistent products. With intelligent control, real-time monitoring and comprehensive reporting, CRTech elevates quality and supports food safety in exposed cooling zones, delivering exceptional product quality for exceptional bakers.
Cain Food Industries, Inc.
N’Hance RS is an enzymatic conditioning system developed to replace sugar in breads, rolls and high-sugar doughs. N’Hance RS creates simple sugars from the starch in baked goods, allowing the baker to reduce bulk sugar. In high-sugar doughs, the reduction in sugar can improve mix time, reduce the tackiness of the dough and reduce yeast use.
CH Babb
BABBCO introduces its latest high performance Clean Bake tunnel oven. The all electric high temperature tunnel oven with radiant and convective heat provides superior dynamic performance while eliminating carbon emissions. The oven can include air tubulation (convection), multiple hearth types, full height oven access doors and stainless steel interior, washdown construction.
Dawn Foods
Made with Dawn’s trusted quality and premium ingredients and based on the popular, trending flavor on menus everywhere, Dawn’s Exceptional Churro Donut Mix (3084625) provides a unique, elevated eating experience for donut customers. With its crisp outer bite and light, chewy interior, this donut eats like a combination of a cake donut and churro.
Dough Tech
Water meters designed to ensure automatic and precise dosing of water while simultaneously regulating temperature. Designed to meet the needs of the most demanding bakery, they combine advanced technology, an intuitive interface and high performance.
Eaglestone
Made in the USA, the 1411 Series Modular Plastic Constant Turn Conveyor features a zero-tangent, center-driven design that enables true curved paths without straight sections. It maintains product orientation through tight turns, supports high-speed performance, and maximizes layout flexibility and space efficiency across various applications.
FoodTools
An advanced ultrasonic slicing machine that features a single product platform with a servo-driven blade, enabling precise cutting of sheet and round products into various portion sizes and patterns. The system includes programmable recipe storage and an optional blade cleaning unit for sticky products. Designed for efficiency, it also offers built-in storage for customized holders, enhancing both performance and convenience.
Formost Fuji
Constructed from high-quality materials, the HFFS flow wrapper is built to withstand the demands of daily use, ensuring longevity and consistent performance. It offers superior technology in seal quality, speed and flexibility while being easy to operate and maintain.
Fred D. Pfening Co.
The Pfening K3 liquid meter controller offers a cost-effective solution for accurate control of water and liquid ingredient meters and pumps. Built on an Allen-Bradley micro PLC platform, operator control is simple from the integral touch screen and panel push buttons for weight set points and START/STOP functions. The Model K3 Controller features rate and totalizing functions and is ideal to use with Pfening models Mark IH, IIH, VH and many other brands of meters.
Intralox
Intralox’s ZeroSplice Technology revolutionizes belt installation by eliminating the need for field splicing. The ThermoLace Heavy-Duty Edge allows plant personnel to connect ThermoDrive belts quickly and easily. This innovation reduces downtime, simplifies maintenance and removes reliance on third-party services. ZeroSplice is compatible with all ThermoDrive drive styles, profiles and accessories, making it a versatile and efficient solution for food processing environments.
Lesaffre
Saf Pro Accent Fortification CaD2 Plus adds nutrition and value to a variety of baked goods — from sourdough and multigrain bread to bagels, buns and rolls — for consumers in search of calcium- and vitamin D-enriched products, without impacting the taste or aroma of finished products.
Messer Gasses for Life
Temperature management with the cryogenic solution Messer KwikChiller. This compact nitrogen system, designed for continuous in-line cooling or freezing, is the newest innovation in their portfolio of food processing technologies. Whether used independently or as a “cryo-assist” technology, the KwikChiller’s variable cooling rate allows for temperature management of delicate or texture-sensitive products while boosting throughput.
MIT Systems
M Cloud ERP represents an innovative new cloud-native ERP platform designed to specifically meet the expansive and complex business requirements of the baking industry yet is easy to use, maintain and operate. With M Cloud ERP, companies are realizing greater levels of efficiency and productivity in Sales & Distribution, Financials, Production and Warehouse Management by automating their manual processes and streamlining operations with the use of advanced technology including AI.
Multivac
The Progressa Pastry line from Fritsch sets a new benchmark in hygienic design and operational efficiency for retail pastry production. Engineered for superior cleanability, the system features smooth surfaces, rounded corners and watertight covers. Quick-access belt mechanisms, ergonomic innovations and tool-free component removal ensure faster changeovers and reduce downtime. Progressa Pastry delivers a practical, production-ready solution for bakeries prioritizing food safety, efficiency and consistent quality.