From left: Thomas Bischof, Global Head of Business Development Consumer Foods at Bühler Group. Marcel Ramseyer, Head of Market Segment Pet Food at Bühler Group. & Christoph Vogel, Head of Business Unit Human Nutrition at Bühler Group.
Uzwil, Switzerland, April 27, 2023 – After six years, Interpack, one of the most important trade fairs for processing and packaging technologies in the world, will again open its doors to the industry on May 4-10, 2023, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Leading Swiss technology group, Bühler is back in full swing, showcasing not only its cutting-edge process engineering for cocoa, chocolate, coffee, nuts, wafer, biscuit, pasta, and sustainable proteins but its commitment to serving customers throughout its innovation journey, from project ideation, delivery of the solutions, optimization of the lines, to maintenance.
Tense supply chains, soaring energy and raw materials prices along with effects of the war in Ukraine have been impacting businesses. With the lack of raw materials, countries and companies are investing in new solutions to improve productivity and self-sufficiency. At the same time, consumers worldwide are becoming more aware of health and sustainability, making more conscious food choices.
“Under the motto ‘Driving the future of food – with sustainable solutions,’ we not only propose solutions that address key sustainability issues, food security, and consumer trends but also inspire our customers to innovate. We support them in every step of their journey, from the project idea, conception, to product development, we develop and deliver the solutions, and move on together with services and maintenance of the lines,” says Thomas Bischof, Global Head of Business Development Consumer Foods at Bühler Group.
Together with its customers and partners, with the common desire to accelerate impact across industries and on a global scale, Bühler has committed to having solutions ready to multiply by 2025 that reduce energy, waste, and water by 50% in the value chains of its customers. It has also developed a pathway to achieve a 60% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in its operations by 2030, meaning Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scopes 1 & 2, against a 2019 baseline.
Services that drive energy and resource efficiency
Services play a key role not only in reducing costs, increasing food and feed safety, and boosting capacity, but also in improving energy and resource efficiency. This is the case with PastaPro Solutions, Bühler’s digital process service that regulates the water in the production of dough. It addresses moisture fluctuations in raw materials and ensures a consistent quality of the product entering the drying process in real-time. DryingPro Moisture Control is another example of a digital service that has a positive impact as it improves energy efficiency by making correct dryer control adjustments quickly and reliably.
More sustainable production and solutions
Wafers have become more popular among consumers over the last few years as they are convenient food, ready to eat and easily accessible. This market has been driven by an increasing demand for healthy snacks. At Interpack, Bühler will launch a new wafer baking plate, which brings about a perfect fusion of stable frame and innovative inlet for exceptional even heat distribution. More details will be presented on May 5, 2023.
Another highlight is Bühler’s SWAKT-Eco wafer baking oven, a premium solution for the fully automatic industrial production of flat and hollow wafers, designed to reduce gas consumption and emissions. Two electrical tunnel baking ovens - DirectBake E and Turbu E − are sustainable alternatives for the industrial production of biscuits, cookies, crackers, and cakes as they are developed to achieve the highest product quality with reduced carbon emissions during the baking process.
Bühler’s portfolio is extensive and goes beyond the solutions to produce healthy snacks, wafers, and traditional cereal. “Bühler’s Pet Food segment can – together with the expertise of our Consumer Food colleagues – consult, develop, and supply total solutions for baked pet food,” explains Marcel Ramseyer, Head of Market Segment Pet Food at Bühler Group.
Moving to the cocoa, coffee, and nuts segment, Bühler is presenting its coffee roaster Roastmaster20, which is the first solution to feature Bühler’s new software Playone, a web-based machine control system. With Playone, it is now possible to improve operation with real-time information, increasing monitoring, and adjusting the recipe in a more consistent way.
For the world of confectionery, Bühler will display its ChocoX solution, a chocolate modular moulding line that combines flexibility and agility in production and hygienic design, resulting in significantly lower operational costs. Thanks to integrated control boxes that replace all central switch cabinets, the new ChocoX comes with a reduced footprint.
Greater energy efficiency is one of the prime benefits of the new hammer mill Granulex® 5 series as well, with a 10% reduction in energy consumption per ton, and in some cases, the reduction can be as much as 30%. Launched in 2022, it combines a groundbreaking modular system that offers flexibility and energy savings while maintaining the highest product quality and safety standards.
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