Press releases

05/14/2012
SIAB MAKES A STAND ON BEHALF OF COELIAC DISEASE SECTOR DIALOGUE INTO NEW TECHNOLOGIES
The agro-engineering company of Antenore & Marco Speziali presents a machine for pre-cooking maize and rice allowing production of gluten free pasta for coeliac sufferers without needing chemical sizing. The partner in this operation is a flour mill in the Veneto region. In Italy, the number of coeliac sufferers has doubled in just four years. One per cent of the population is affected. CEO & Director General of VeronaFiere, Giovanni Mantovani: "Siab will also and especially focus on aspects linking the bakery, pastry, confectionery, pasta and pizza field with health questions, starting off precisely with coeliac disease."

04/27/2012
VERONAFIERE SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIAN BAKERS ITALY: WORLD LEADER FOR BAKERY MACHINERY
The agreement between VeronaFiere, the Russian Association of bakers and pastry-confectioners and Conoscere Eurasia was signed yesterday in Moscow during the II Italo-Russian Bakery Forum. CEO & Director General Giovanni Mantovani: "We aim to promote the sector through exports to Russia of Made in Italy products and technologies but also to support growth of bread, pastry and related products in terms of know how." Bakery products in Russia are worth 10.2 billion euros and growth of 10-12% is envisaged in 2012. Italian exports of machinery and technologies for bakery, pastry, confectionery, pasta and pizza in 2011 came to more than 36.4 million euros.

02/02/2012
SIAB CELEBRATES TEN EDITIONS: INNOVATIONS AND TRADITION FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY
Internationalisation, presence on the most interesting markets and at the main sector events in the world, attention on complementary fields to bakery, pastry, confectionery, pasta and pizza: these are some of the ‘landmarks’ for the next appointment of SIAB, the only exhibition based in Italy dedicated to the world of the bakery, pastry, confectionery and pizza.

01/18/2012
SIAB FLIES TO SÃO PAULO FOR THE FISPAL EXHIBITION MISSION IN BRAZIL 25-28 JUNE
Bakery, Pastry, Confectionery, Pasta and Pizza "Made in Italy" returns to São Paulo after successful attendance at previous editions. A series of stop-offs in the main world markets confirm the international vocation of the main bakery, pastry, confectionery, pasta and pizza event hosted in Italy.

12/20/2011
SEASONAL CONFECTIONERY: SMALL BUSINESSES BEATING THE CRISIS SALES OF HAND-MADE "PANETTONI" UP BY ABOUT +5-7 PER CENT
Franco La Sorsa, Fippa number one: "Families will consume fewer industrial products to the advantage of small bakeries". Domestic consumption of more than 10 thousand tonnes is envisaged. With a new trend: the rediscovery of typical confectionery in local traditions. The next Siab Show is scheduled in Verona 25-29 May 2013 with a major international imprint and even more trade categories.

10/13/2011
CEREALS, FOOD SAFETY AND GLOBALISATION DE CASTRO "BLESSING" FOR THE UNION OF BAKERS AND PASTRY-CONFECTIONERS
Uncertainty on markets, the price crisis, food security and environmental emergencies suggest - for the former Minister of Agricultural Policies, Paolo De Castro, "more unity" between union representatives. Analysis with a view to the World Bakery Congress (14-16 October at VeronaFiere), during which there will be discussion of synergy with representatives of the confectionery-pastry sector. The complete interview with Hon. De Castro is available on the Siab site: www.siabweb.com.

10/12/2011
ONE WORLD UNION FOR BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS DRESS REHEARSAL AT VERONAFIERE FOR UNIFICATION
Representatives of the two organs for bakers (UIB) and confectioners (UIPCG) are willing to implement a stronger, single union on an international scale. In the meantime, the President of UIB, Peter Becker, suggests that UNESCO should declare bread to be a "cultural heritage of humanity".

09/30/2011
VERONA: WORLD CAPITAL OF BAKERY, PASTRY, CONFECTIONERY, PASTA AND PIZZA UIB WORLD CONVENTION 14-16 OCTOBER
Organised by Fippa, the Italian Federation of Bakers, Pastry-Makers and Related Industries, the event will be an ideal occasion for discussing the prospects of the field against an international scenario. The role of Siab (International Bakery, Pastry, Confectionery, Pasta and Pizza Exhibition, scheduled in 2013) was vital in the choice of Verona as the home for the meeting of the Union Internationale de la Boulangerie, the organisation representing more than 300 thousand bakeries in a context ensuring more than 4 million jobs.

06/30/2011
SIAB AT WORK TO ENSURE THE UNITY OF BAKERY, PASTRY, CONFECTIONERY, PASTA AND PIZZA PREVIEW INTERNATIONAL TOUR FOR 2013 EDITION
The Italian Federation of bakers, confectioners and related trades – on the strength of 26 thousand members and allied business involving more than 400 thousand employees - has reconfirmed its partnership with the International Bakery, Pastry, Confectionery, Pasta and Pizza Exhibition. International missions prior to the event in Verona in May 2013.