Show features and educational opportunities provide multiple avenues for bolstering operational strength and knowledge during IBIE 2016.

IBIE’s 2016 B.E.S.T. in Baking Program will highlight significant sustainability advancements related to bakery ingredients, equipment, packaging and logistics, as well as new awards for bakeries.

Consumer demand for artisanal baked goods and better-for-you snacks are making new laminators and sheeters must-have equipment for many manufacturers.

From pillow and gusseted to flat-bottom and doy-style, today’s bagging equipment handles all types of bags popular with consumers and manufacturers.

Plants and facilities find support in their conservation quest.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, offers a tools to help suppliers and end users as they adapt to changing consumer demands.

Patrice Painchaud joins the Quebec-based provider of equipment and solutions for bakers and other food-related industries.

The Ross X-Series clean-in-place-ready Ultra-High Shear Mixer from Charles Ross & Son Co. is suitable for inline emulsification, particle size reduction and homogenization.

Gerald Lessard of West Liberty Foods discusses repurposing of space within an existing plant and what trends are driving this as well as the pros and cons of repurposing existing space versus new construction.

Motion Controls Robotics and Combi Packaging Systems LLC recently partnered to develop the ErgoPackPal, a complete case packing and palletizing system for low to medium throughput applications.