The 24th iba has drawn to a close with a new world champion confectioner, Haoran Lyu (China), 76,800 trade visitors, and trade fair contracts worth 2.1 billion euros. Trade visitors were particularly interested in testing new products and the presentation of innovations in production technology, raw materials, and shopfitting.

Zhou Bin and Peng Fudong from China are the winners of the “iba-UIBC Cup of bakers”. The international competition, in which the best in their field face off against each other, takes place every three years in Munich at iba, the world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery, and snacks. At this year’s cup, twelve teams from twelve countries competed for the gold medal. The winners were honoured and celebrated on Monday, 17 September at iba.

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The best bakers from twelve nations will compete in a bake-off at the iba-UIBC-Cup of Bakers in Munich in order to win the gold medal and gain worldwide recognition. They will be facing a universal challenge in hall B3 of the world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snacks baking in show bakeries made out of glass, and also the verdict of a jury of experts. The amazing trade fair audience will be cheering for them. The award ceremony will be held on the Monday of the trade fair.

Munich gripped by cake fever: the crème de la crème of the confectionery trade is expected at iba, the world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snacks, being held at Fairground Munich from 15 to 20 September. These include the best young confectioners in the world, who will battle it out for the highly coveted title of Master Confectioner.

At iba, from 15 to 20 September 2018 at the Fairground Munich, visitors can take a look at exciting bakeries in Germany, Greece, Iceland, Austria and the USA, and watch how good artisan bread is made there. This is made possible by the new iba.Virtual Bakery Tours in Hall B3.

Züger, Switzerland’s number one supplier of mozzarella and other cream cheese specialities, is using an end-to-end software solution from industry IT expert CSB-System to keep processes at the factory as lean as possible.  This has enabled the company to efficiently plan and optimise workflows and information throughout all operations and has led to a fifty percent time saving in order picking.

Exactly two months after the Football World Cup in Russia, all eyes will be on Munich. This is where iba, the world’s leading trade fair for bakery, confectionery and snacks, will take place from the 15th to 20th September 2018, providing bakers, confectioners, and industry representatives with unique inspiration for their everyday professional lives.