ABIP Convention brings together bakers, bakery and confectionery companies from all over Brazil in Belo Horizonte
The Mercure Belo Horizonte Lourdes Hotel was the stage for the 75th National Convention of the Brazilian Association of the Bakery and Confectionery Industry (ABIP), between the 23rd and 25th of May.
The first two days of the event featured meetings of the ABIP board and regional leaders, in order to align work and business plans, the rise in wheat prices and the impacts of the pandemic on the sector.
On May 25th, the convention was open to entrepreneurs and organizations from the bakery and confectionery industry, ABIP members from all over the country, a moment of great expectation for the branch, since the meeting takes place annually and had been suspended due to the pandemic. of COVID-19 since 2020.
PMAN, which has been in the market for over 25 years providing consultancy and presenting integrated technological solutions for baking, was present.
After two years without meetings it finally happened on 🇧🇷 Reviewing colleagues and partners in the area was important to talk about innovations, lessons learned in the face of the pandemic context and align expectations for the market. To represent the organization, Paulo Roberto Cavalcante, Director of PMAN, attended the 75th Convention.
Other news on this day were the signing of an agreement and the launch of the On-Line Bakery Certification Program – ABIP, US WHEAT and ABITRIGO, and lectures given on the following topics:
- Bakery and the current economic scenario;
- The challenges in professional qualification for the bakery and confectionery market;
- Innovation – The new role of the physical store: how to transform the POS into PDX;
- Centralization as a form of management and generation of results;
- Fermenting Dreams.
Innovation in the bakery market
PMAN presents integrated technological solutions for baking, which employs modern business management techniques to obtain the best results. Through a high level from technical standards to logistics, it is a market leader in the segment of inputs, technology, advice and management of baking processes. With a focus on quality, its processes are designed to serve in an uncomplicated and efficient way, always guaranteeing safety to produce healthy products.
State-of-the-art software and hardware enable a high level of internal controls and agility in service delivery and decision-making. The satisfaction of its customers is always in the first place and, through continuous improvement, it invests in logistics, research and development where it controls all batches of raw materials, enabling homogeneity and constant quality in its products. It has two approved manufacturing plants, one in the city of São Paulo and the other in Jundiaí, aiming to:
- Guarantee total security in the continuity of supply;
- Achieve a geographic coverage that enables logistical agility;
- Focus resources on research and development of new products.



