To stay competitive in the biscuit & cracker market, you’ve got to stay fresh. That means finding your niche, your competitive advantage, your answers to changing consumer trends. Whether that means going organic, ingredient reformulation, packaging makeovers or discovering new efficiencies of scale, there’s no better place to get the ideas, ingredients and resources you need than IBIE 2007. Make your plans to be at IBIE and capture your share of the $3.6 billion cookie market and $3.1 billion cracker market.   Who attends: Cookie and cracker producers involved in management, manufacturing or marketing, including Bloomfield Bakers, Brent & Sam’s Cookies, Dare Foods (Canada), Dawn Food Products, D.F. Stauffer Biscuit, General Mills, Grupo, Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Kellogg Company, Lance, Nabisco, Pepperidge Farm, Inc., Ralcorp, Rich Products Corporation, Richmond Baking, Safeway, Sara Lee Food & Beverage, Schwan’s Bakery, Tasty Baking Company, The Kroger Company, United State Bakery, Vista Bakery and more. "IBIE is a great opportunity for the management of our company to visit in person the largest array of industry resources, and do this in just a few days." Timothy M. Harris President Nonni's Food Company, Inc.   What's in it for you? Download the IBIE brochure created specifically for biscuit and cracker producers to find out.   Who exhibits: Companies who supply retail bakers with equipment, ingredients, technology and information, including: Berndorf Belt Technology USA, General Mills Bakeries & Foodservice, F&S Engraving Inc., Formost Packaging Machines Inc., Harlan Bakeries Inc. I.J. White Systems, Malt Products Corporation, Reading Bakery Systems Inc., Shick USA, Siegling America LLC and more.* "We get a lot of new business at IBIE. The show provides the prefect stage for our new product launches designed for manufacturers of cookies and sweet goods, as well as many of the other buyer types we see here. We’re always impressed with the contacts we make and the sales that have resulted from being at the show. " Michael J. Cornelis Director of Marketing CM Packaging   Thinking about exhibiting? According to the Economic Census of Food Manufacturing, capital expenditures in the biscuit and cracker industry total $220.1 million, with ingredient/material spending valued at $3.1 billion. Plus, the new Orlando location will deliver a new geographic segment of biscuit and cracker manufacturers who may not travel to other shows. For international exhibitors, there is no better way to tap into the US market than to be here. For more information, call Nicole Boland at 1.312.673.5828 or email nboland@smithbucklin.com.   Featured products: Baking equipment, ingredients, flavorings, ingredient handling systems, packaging materials and business services. * If you are an IBIE exhibitor who supplies this market and would like to be added to this list, please email nboland@smithbucklin.com with your company name and market(s) served.