All British Baker articles in March 2006 – Page 5
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First showing for Mono.For the first time this year, Aga Bakery (stand G200) will show equipment from Mono and European manufacturers such as Bongard, Pavallier and Esmach.New for the exhibition is the Mono V3 bread plant, the latest version of the Genesis fully-automatic bread and roll plant, the Williams retarder ...
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American firm CH Babb (stand D300) will be showing its custom-made tunnel ovens. The company says it has moved to new premises in Raynham, just outside Boston, and is expanding its test baking facility to enable customers to carry out trials on site. CH Babb has recently completed an installation ...
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A professional magician is set to entertain visitors to Chalcroft Construction (stand X147) at Foodex-Meatex. Chalcroft designs turnkey solutions for food construction projects. The company says it works to a client’s brief within a short time frame. The firm claims its method of insulating cold storage centres from the outside, ...
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The Revoband Travelling Oven from Double D (stand J600) is claimed to give consistently good results making products from pizza and morning goods to craft breads and confectionery. Double D says it has invested heavily in its air flow system, which gives the user control over both top and bottom ...
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Bakery equipment integrator Eurobake (stand J230) will unveil a new range of conveying, packaging and palletising equipment from Komatec, along with a range of robotic system solutions for end-of-line automation.Information will also be available on the Mondial Forni MACS oven – a multi-deck travelling convection oven – as well as ...
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IMA Food Equipment (stand C470) will be displaying machines from the Food Tools range of traybake and cake cutters, including ultrasonic and mechanical types. Shown for the first time in the UK will be the CS-RS mechanical cutter, which can cut both tray bakes and round cakes. This is aimed ...
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Newsmith Stainless (stand A470) will have four machines on show: two divider-rounders from the Oddy range and two washing machines for companies with smaller requirements or limited space. The Novatek 428 and Novatek 2 divider rounders are part of a range covering requirements from those of the craft baker, ...
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Sollich’s (stand F460) Mini Enrober will be in action at the show, coating various products with chocolate. The company will also showcase Hitech packaging solutions offer Italian flare to wrap croissants, pies or cakes.
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Tom Chandley (stand C200) will have a rack oven on display, complete with its latest BakeMate system. The microprocessor control uses touchscreen controls to recall bake, steam and temperature settings. Chandley’s rack ovens feature a lift and rotate rack loading system, which eliminates the need for ramps. Also on the ...
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Food & Bake will see the launch of Bake3D – a new system for the analysis of product quality and consistency from CF Controls (stand P270) where bakers can create a virtual loaf for analysis.Once product weight, height, length, width and volume have been recorded, the Bake3D system analyses shape, ...
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Although some bakers have realised the potential for ice cream sales, many have baulked at the idea of investing in specialist equipment, finding suitable products and suppliers, and training staff. The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA) (stand L300/310) has come up with a solution to these problems, which provides an easy ...
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Wire Belt Company (stand F602) manufactures Flat-Flex stainless steel conveyor belts. These are built of stainless steel and have an open structure, which increases product exposure and enables the easy removal of debris or washing and draining operations, says Wire Belt.
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Continuous baking technology group Auto-Bake (stand B370) will focus on its Serpentine baking oven – a vertical oven process that the company says provides advantages over conventional oven technologies.According to Auto-Bake the ovens are typically one-tenth the footprint of an equivalent tunnel oven, which is an advantage in an environment ...
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Four shows in one
Bakers looking to broaden their business can kill four birds with one stone by visiting Birmingham NEC on March 19-22. Alongside bakery showcase Food & Bake will be three other shows – Food & Drink Expo, Foodex Meatex and the Convenience Retailing Show.Sponsored by Food from Britain, Ideas to Dine ...
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Happy families
An association dedicated to assisting Scotland’s vast number of family businesses has officially come into being, thanks in no small measure to the drive of a prominent craft baker. George Stevenson, MD of Falkirk-based Mathiesons Bakers, has been a leading light in the development of the Scottish Family Business Association ...
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Ethnic food firms told to export
Manufacturers of ethnic foods should consider selling in mainland Europe, due to saturation in some market sectors in the UK, says market development consultancy Food from Britain (FFB). It claims the market in Spain is growing by 30% a year, for example, and Belgium is also strong.Buoyant sectors in ethnic ...
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Deal for diabetic
A bakery assistant has reached a settlement with a bakery in Gloucestershire after she was dismissed because she was a diabetic.The Disability Rights Commision (DRC) took up the case of Elizabeth Morrison, 51, dismissed from the Emma’s Country Cakes plant in Coleford. Management at the firm told Morrison that there ...
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HACCP data in hand
From January 2006 bakers were required to keep permanent HACCP records under a new EU directive. To help companies achieve this, Electronic Temperature Instruments (ETI) (stand B530) says it has developed a cost-effective system that is user-friendly and doesn’t sacrifice quality or accuracy.The system records temperature readings, dates and times, ...
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NewsLightbody Czechs out into overseas market
Scottish cake company Lightbody of Hamilton is to build a £2m factory in the Czech Republic and launch joint ventures in Asia and America, in a global expansion.Managing director Martin Lightbody told British Baker Lightbody has supplied overseas markets including France, Italy and Spain over the last couple of years ...
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Welsh firm regains contract
Welsh wholesale bakery Popty Cae Groes, based in Bethesda, Snowdonia, has regained the contract to supply supermarket Morrisons with its speciality bara brith and Welsh cakes. These had previously been delisted after Morrisons bought Safeway.The bakery’s cause was helped by customer pressure in north and mid-Wales after aficionados of bara ...