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Bühler holds Bakery Expert Conference at new Bakery Innovation Center
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND - Bühler used the opening of its
extended and modernized Bakery Innovation Center (BIC) at its
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Conference in the German-speaking countries July 5-6 with expert
speakers and around 80 attendees.
"The industry is changing," said Eva Pfahnl von Pfahnl Backmittel
GmbH. "This expert meeting is a great opportunity to stay up to date
with the latest technologies and trends."
The agenda included specialist papers by representatives from the
bakery industry as well as workshops and demonstrations on clean
label and sponge dough topics.
The list of speakers included: Michael Kleinert, ZHAW:
Challenges and opportunities in a digitized society; Michael Gusko,
GoodMills Innovation GmbH: "Clean Label" - what does it imply
for the supplier industry; Bert Strubbe, DSM Food Specialties:
Declaration of enzymes - an issue that matters to us?; Markus
Hombach, IREKS: Bakery goods with a strong character and
declaration-friendly ingredients; Markus Schirmer, Bühler AG:
Modern leadership methods using new technologies; Thomas Becker
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product characteristics; and Nadina Müller, nutrition program
manager at Bühler, who completed the two-day expert conference
with her paper on "Sustainable solutions: The role that bread plays
in food trends."
On over 1,000 square meters, the BIC features Bühler solutions for
the bakery industry, ranging from premix manufacturing to sponge
dough production. The BIC enables customers to join forces with
Bühler experts in order to develop novel products together and to
utilize its infrastructure for practice-oriented training courses.
The BIC offers Bühler customers a unique test environment
equipped with the latest processing and production systems. Its
modular structure allows customized technologies and plant concepts
to be tested for every conceivable application. They range from
raw materials handling to processing and analysis of end products.
For this purpose, the Innovation Center has been equipped with

Bühler's Stefan Scheiber speaks at the Bakery Expert Conference at the
company's Bakery Innovation Center. Photo courtesy of Bühler.
cutting-edge technologies and automation systems, while at the same
time meeting the highest hygienic design standards.
The center provides services like the evaluation of blending
qualities, sponge dough and hydration tests, proportioning and
weighing trials, the automation of complete processing systems, and
a raw materials quality service.
The training offered by the BIC ranges from standard modules
to customized, special-purpose training courses. Since the start
of its training services for the bakery industry, Bühler has offered
continuing education courses to more than 2,000 customers in 250
training courses. For customer tests and continuing education, Bühler
can rely on experts who have accumulated decades of experience.

Genc Degirmen adds solar panels to factory
KONYA, TURKEY - Genc Degirmen is installing solar energy
panels on the roof of its factory in Konya, Turkey, that will create
enough power for its own needs as well as surplus electricity.
Approximately 10,000 square meters of a solar energy power
plant will be installed in the company's 30,000-square-meter factory.
A total of 3,870 solar unit panels will be installed in the net area of
6,600 square meters with production of 1,044 kWp. Investment cost
for the facility is $1.2 million.
With the investment, Genc Degirmen said it will be able to meet the
electricity need in the current situation and create an extra commercial
potential because it can produce more electricity than is needed.
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create environmental awareness by using clean energy," it said. "Our
company is continuously working on new products in the current
situation. These developments are in the sense of mechanical,
electronic, operational safety and aesthetics."
Genc Degirmen has been working in the milling industry for 26
years and has more than 300 turnkey projects.
Genc Degirmen is installing solar panels on its factory in Turkey. Photo
courtesy of Genc Degirmen.
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