The International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE), produced by the American Bakers Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., the Baking Equipment Manufacturers and Allied (BEMA), Overland Park, Kan., and the Retail Bakers of America (RBA), Tinley Park, Ill., announced an exclusive global marketing partnership with iba, Germany, organized by GHM on behalf of the German Bakers’ Confederation.

The acquisition enables both companies to share engineering, technology and market strategies, and strengthens MULTIVAC’s global position for complete production lines for the food industry.

IBIE 2013 brings together attendees from wholesale bakery plants, retail outlets, in-house supermarkets, catering companies, restaurants/hotels, artisan bakeries and more.