New products, ingredients and food-safety procedures can mean new production challenges for bakers and snack producers. Today’s mixing systems can help food producers whip up a recipe for success.

The manufacturer of mixing equipment promotes its engineering manager, Thomas DiGiannuri, to vice president, engineering.

Despite growing demand for healthier snacks, consumers continue to turn to a perennial favorite - the snack cake - when seeking an indulgent and flavorful treat.

Charles Ross & Son Co.’s new VersaMix multi-agitator system is well-suited for viscous applications.

Spray Dynamics’ new Slurry On Demand continuous mixer, available from Heat and Control Inc., ends the waste and delay normally required to produce pumpable slurries of oil-based seasonings, chocolate and other coatings.

Silverson.com offers users faster access, better navigation and more mixing information in 15 languages.

New mixing technology enables bakers to create more and superior products, while addressing costs, labor, sanitation and other production issues. 

Donald Shaffer was vice president and general manager of Peerless and vice president and general manager of the BEW Mixer Division of Bundy in Sidney, Ohio, before starting his own company, Shaffer Manufacturing Corp., in 1986.