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Investing in Equipment
Innovations in equipment can also ease the workforce skills gap crisis.
Eric Baumgartner, president of Bloemhof Inc., points out, "The worldwide shortage of bakers has resulted in challenges to find and afford
skilled labor." Oliver Packaging & Equipment Company, known for its
innovative bread slicers and other bakery equipment, and Bloemhof
Inc., specializing in dough makeup equipment, recently announced an
exclusive manufacturing license agreement through which Oliver will
become the sole manufacturer and distributor of Bloemhof's complete
bakery equipment product line worldwide.
Joe Gallagher, food equipment business leader for Oliver Packaging &
Equipment Company, says that high-quality equipment can play a key role
in helping bridge the workforce skills gap. "We, as an industry, need to make
sure we are putting the highest quality bread into each slicer," he says.
Luc Imberechts of Bakon USA Food Equipment says that he strongly
believes that advances in bakery equipment automation can help

alleviate the skills gap, adding "It takes the repetitive, sometimes
boring, tasks out of the equation or, at least, simplifies the process.
This, in turn, allows people to focus on more creative tasks such as
finishing, product creation and recipe development."
With the same idea, he adds, quality cold technology (blast freezing,
storage freezing, correct recovery) allows to produce longer runs
while not compromising on freshness. Smart operators are using this
approach, not just for finished products or ready to decorate items,
but also for intermediate.
New equipment is getting more user-friendly with easy interfaces
like touchscreens that makes recipe selection and programming of
new recipes far easier, he says. Bakon is unveiling innovative new
pasteurizers for pastry, chocolate, catering and ice cream industries
with the introduction of a range of Pasto-Cookers that heat, stir and
cool down various preparations. It's all part of an effort to make life
better on the employee and, in turn, the employer.
John Unrein and Joanie Spencer contributed to this report

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