KHALED AHMAD BAKRI
CEO and owner
Bimatic sarl
bimatic.com.lb
What can you tell us about your company?
Bimatic is a family business at heart. My father, Haj Ahmad Mohamed Bakri, established the company in 1955. We were pioneers in manufacturing and developing automatic production lines for Lebanese bread, which is in huge demand worldwide, and we are always following the latest trends, upgrading and developing our machinery to respond to our clients’ needs and the needs of the market. A long time ago, we introduced a famous slogan to describe our machinery: “Your loaf that hands do not touch.”
Have you released any new products recently?
The most recent product manufactured by our company was the bread stacker, which we released in 2019. It is an automatic machine that stacks bread, speeding up the production rate.
What is your best-selling product?
Our automated production lines for Arabic bread are very popular, producing between 300 to 12,000 loaves per hour depending on our clients’ needs. The high-quality, heavy duty lines can operate continuously for long hours. They are easy to use, clean and maintain, and can be manufactured to fit in supermarkets, restaurants and bakeries.
MICHEL CHAKAR
General manager
Extra Four s.a.r.l.
ExtraFourCo.com
What are the newest technologies in bakery equipment?
Lebanese bread production equipment has been consistent for a while now, but the latest innovations revolve around automatic counting, stacking and bagging, which is what we’re trying to creatively innovate and revamp.
What is your best-selling product?
The automatic bread counting and stacking machine facilitates the process while optimizing it. The job becomes flawless and more hygienic, removing the need for human intervention and the risk of error.
GREGOIRE NERCESSIAN
Marketing manager
Saltek
saltek.com.lb
What are the newest technologies in bakery equipment?
The bakery and food manufacturing sector in the region is experiencing continuous growth in: pita bread consumption, such as the Lebanese thin bread which is presented as pocket bread; healthy bread lines, such as tannour; and reduced-sugar, gluten-free and other flat breads.
Have you released any new products recently?
We have implemented all the requirements for quality, safety, hygiene and protection rules according to Directive 2006/42/EC on Safety of Machinery and tested to EN 1672-2: 2005 + A1 & EN 60204-1: 2006 +A1. In addition, our machines comply with UL under certificate number 20160314- E472016.
What is your best-selling product?
As consumers are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about nutrition, often shifting to healthier options, SALTEK is satisfying these changes in consumer taste by providing state-of-the-art tannour bread production lines.
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