iba Award
The iba Awards 2025: Innovations for the bread and baked goods industry
The iba Awards were presented for the seventh time by the trade magazine Backtechnik Europe, the official organisation of the Association of the Baking Industry (VDB) and the European Association of Industrial Bakers (AIBI). These prestigious innovation awards recognised solutions that have enabled significant improvements in the line production of baked goods. The target group comprised both the bread and bakery industry and the large-scale bakery trade.
Categories and evaluation
Exhibitors at iba 2025 were able to apply in the following categories:
- Processing
- Conveying technology
- Baking ovens
- Hygiene
- Refrigeration
- Digital solutions and AI
- Robotics
The award-winning solutions promoted technological advances and increased the efficiency of baked goods production.
The winners
The following manufacturers were honoured for their innovations:
- AMF Bakery Systems with the electric E-Power module for tunnel ovens
- the intelligent water injection with conductivity control from Frisch Spritzmatic
- and the easy-to-clean high-performance dough divider Industrie Rex AW EC from König Maschinen
