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today’s competitive bakery landscape. By producing locally, we’re helping our customers respond faster to market demands, reduce supply chain risk, and unlock premiumization opportunities.” Beyond its cutting-edge production technology, the UHT glaze
facility
integrates interactive tours and demonstrations of advanced bakery automation, signaling that high-tech solutions are now on the production floor, not just in R&D labs. Visitors on
opening day engaged with
demonstrations showing how automation and digital systems are reducing manual intervention, improving consistency and enabling responsive production workflows — all hallmarks of next- generation bakery plants. The Pennsauken glaze plant also product
highlights innovation. Its
flagship output, Sunset Glaze, is a plant-based, allergen-free alternative to traditional egg wash — designed to deliver a premium golden finish while reducing food safety risks and cutting CO2 emissions by more than 50% compared to egg-based counterparts.
Digital threads across the bakery value chain At the retail and production interface, Bizerba is positioning digitalisation as a cornerstone of modern bakery operations. Ahead of iba 2025, the company presented a portfolio of networked slicing, inventory and ordering solutions designed to address labour shortages and rising operational
Bizerba’s networked bread slicer and smart inventory solutions preview how digitalisation is reshaping retail and production operations
complexity. “Our customers face the challenge of meeting rising customer expectations, staff shortages, and cost pressures all at once,” said Ante Todoric, Managing Director of the Business Unit Retail at Bizerba. “This is exactly where our solutions come in: they create efficient workflows, reduce manual processes, and enable a modern shopping experience — whether in an urban self-service concept or a traditional bakery store.” The company’s latest systems connect
hardware such as bread slicers directly to software platforms that monitor usage, maintenance and product flow in
real time. Network-ready slicers,
smart shelving that tracks inventory levels, and digital click-and-collect tools are designed to reduce manual
intervention while giving bakeries clearer oversight of daily operations. Bizerba frames these technologies as a way to combine traditional baking with data-driven efficiency, particularly in environments where staff time is limited and consistency is critical. Further upstream, at
the level of
industrial production, The Middleby Corporation continues to expand its bakery technology footprint through engineering-driven acquisitions. With the addition of GBT GmbH Bakery Technology, Middleby strengthened its capabilities in large-scale, customised baking systems, particularly in Europe. “GBT customisable equipment highly complements our existing bakery brands and allows us to strengthen our European presence in large scale baking,” says Tim FitzGerald, CEO of Middleby. GBT’s expertise spans complete bread
production lines, including tunnel ovens, conveyor baking systems, proofing
OUR CUSTOMERS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF MEETING RISING CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS, STAFF SHORTAGES, AND COST PRESSURES ALL AT ONCE
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