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Belts & Conveyors
Plastic, modular, positive drive & other belts and conveyors for snack and bakery operations, including silicone, polyester, polyvinylchloride (PVC), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) & polyolefine (TPO).
Equipment
The latest in machinery, technology, materials and systems.
Topics
Depositors, Dividers & Rounders
Depositors, dividers and rounders for portioning, shaping, decorating, enrobing and more, including automatic and continuous systems.
Extruders
Extruder equipment and technology for single-screw extrusion, twin-screw extrusion and co-extrusion, including hot and cold processes.
Fryers
Fryer equipment and technology for frying snacks, including automated, continuous, vacuum, rotary and other systems.
Mixers
Mixers, including vertical, horizontal, spiral, planetary, batch, high-shear, continuous and inline.
Ovens & Proofers
Ovens, including deck, single-pass, tray, tunnel, continuous, conveyor, impinger, rotating, rack, hearth, combination, hybrid, zone, gas-fired, convection, as well as equipment & technology for proofing dough.
Packaging
Packaging line equipment & technology, including depanning, cooling, form/fill/seal (FFS), laminated, pouch, glass, flexible, rigid, inspection, palletizers, robotics, scales, closing, tray handling & bagging.
Slicing, Cutting & Portioning
Equipment and technology for slicing, cutting and portioning, including automatic, band, ultrasonic, guillotine, dicers and slitter wheels.
Warehouse & Distribution
Warehouse & distribution logistics systems, computer hardware, computer software, stackers, loaders, pallets, secondary packaging, robotics, automation, fleet management, freezers & cold storage.
Inspection & Detection
Inspection and Detection equipment for the snack food and bakery industries.
ARTICLES
Bakers and snack makers seek ovens and proofers with advanced capabilities
When selecting ovens and proofers, labor savings and remote monitoring are at the top of bakers and snack makers lists.
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Videojet expands case, carton coding capabilities
The brand's Videojet 2380 can now print high-res info on packaging.
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Signode unveils BXT4 plastic strapping tool
The design aims at ease of use, increased efficiency, and decreased worker fatigue.
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Dynamic Conveyor introduces DynaClean S Series
The conveyors are intended to deliver a high degree of durability and performance in food environments.
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System Square, Prospection Solutions to debut x-ray tech
The companies will partner to present the new equipment at PACK EXPO.
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Packaging innovation can cut snack and bakery labor costs
Automation, robotics, AI, and other advanced tech stands to help the bottom line.
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Econocorp to debut compact cartoner for small goods
The new equipment will be unveiled at PACK EXPO next month.
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PACK EXPO 2024 delivers access to packaging and processing advances
The international packaging event offers tech and education of interest to snack and bakery pros.
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Key Technology debuts optical sorters for nuts
The Compass sorter will be introduced at PACK EXPO.
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ABM Equipment introduces Auto-Pulse Bag Dump Station
The station is designed to save labor, extend filter life, and minimize product waste.
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Douglas J. Peckenpaugh
Douglas J. Peckenpaugh is Group Publisher of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, Dairy Foods, The National Provisioner, and Packaging Strategies for BNP Media. He has nearly three decades of publishing experience following the food industry from farm to fork, covering agriculture, ingredient processing, retail grocery branding, foodservice menu development, and food product R&D and manufacturing. He serves in leadership roles at his local suburban Chicago food pantry and church. Doug studied Professional and Creative Writing at Purdue University.
Jenni Spinner
Jenni Spinner is the chief editor of Snack Food and Wholesale with more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business communications. She has written extensively about food production, safety and packaging; pharmaceutical drug development; concrete and masonry construction; and more. She holds a Bachelor’s in Communications from the University of Illinois. Jenni can be reached at spinnerj@bnpmedia.com.
IMAGE GALLERIES
New Processing Equipment: February 2023
Dough handling can be a dangerous, demanding job. Risks to worker safety, coupled with the increasing pressure to provide conserve costs while delivering quality, are making automation appealing, and efficiency necessary, when selecting bakery equipment. The following dough handling solutions offer balance worker safety with other necessities.
New Processing Equipment: September 2022
Energy efficiency, automation, and ensuring a robust return-on-investment have been top-of-mind for snack food and wholesale bakery companies in the market for ovens and proofers, according to companies that make those machines, who say sales have been strong.
New Packaging Equipment: September 2022
Bakery and snack plants are moving away from manual cartoning and case packing to automated equipment.
New Packaging Equipment: August 2022
When setting green/sustainability goals, consumer packaged goods companies are moving beyond a narrow focus to look holistically and collaboratively at products, packaging, and operations.
New Processing Equipment: August 2022
Snack food and wholesale bakery companies in the market for dough-handling equipment such as dividers, depositors, and rounders have been increasingly focused on machines that provide greater automation, along with the corollary efficiency and labor savings.
New Processing Equipment: May 2022
Snack food and wholesale bakery companies in the market for machines that help prepare, store, transport, and otherwise handle ingredients are most focused on qualities like automation, ease of maintenance, and the ability to deliver higher performance in throughput and accuracy.
New Packaging Equipment: May 2022
Innovation is prevalent in the area of closing and bagging equipment as well as twist ties, clips, zippers and package resealing. Thanks to product introductions and equipment upgrades, these systems run faster and are easier to use.
New Processing Equipment: March 2022
Companies that make seasoning and coating systems for snack and bakery applications, which mostly focus on salty snacks like chips, cheese puffs, pretzels, and popcorn, report a number of trends in requests regarding features and benefits from customers of such machines during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past couple years.
New Packaging Equipment: March 2022
New developments in the creation of food labels is providing bakery and snack producers with flexibility to run a wide range of different product sizes and types. Advances have been made in the following areas: printers, software, inks, and marking/coding technology.
New Processing Equipment: February 2022
Mixers serve essential functions for snack and bakery companies creating their own dough. We ask a lot of this category of heavy-duty equipment, including reliability and efficiency, to maintain established product quality-control standards.
PRODUCTS
Bakery Food Manufacture and Quality: Water Control and Effects, 2nd Edition
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This successful and highly practical volume describes in detail the role and control of water in the formation of cake batters, bread, pastry and biscuit doughs, their subsequent processing and the baked product.