No, it’s not snowing yet, but the surge of activities the fall months bring in the baking and snack food sectors can sometimes feel like a blizzard. The amount of new offerings from the exciting International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) 2013, Oct. 6-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, was intense. More than 20,000 baking professionals from every segment of the grain-based market converged in Las Vegas for what most say is North America’s largest, most comprehensive baking trade event.
Encompassing a whopping 500,000 net sq. ft. of exhibit space, the Baking Expo indeed brought a record number of industry buyers and sellers together, with the technology, resources and opportunities they need to continue to build their success. SF&WB uncovered all sorts of new equipment, ingredient formulations, interesting seminars, decorating and baking techniques, recipe demonstrations, production lines, technology, interactive presentations and exciting food developments at the show, and will be bringing much of that to you in the coming months.