Morato Group has acquired CEA Italia and Jaus Bakery, creating a pan-European industrial bakery operation with over €500 million in revenues across four countries.

Penske Logistics has gone live with Cimcorp's gantry-based automated fulfilment system at its Illinois bakery distribution centre, reporting 100% order accuracy and a 50% reduction in labour requirements.

Millbio and Thimus are combining functional ingredient development with sensory neuroscience to better understand how consumers experience GLP-1-aligned bread products.

Nexture has announced its acquisition of La Crema, a Dubai-based manufacturer of chocolate and food ingredients for bakery, ice cream and fine pastry applications.

C.H. Guenther has opened a 172-square-metre Centre of Excellence in Coventry, integrating pilot baking, sensory testing and customer co-development within a live manufacturing facility.

Compleat Foodservice has invested £600,000 in a new cookie production line at its Crewe site, targeting a 28% value uplift by March 2027.

Imperial College London has launched a 12-month equity-free accelerator to help sustainable food ventures turn validated science into pilots, investment and commercial scale.

Swedish industrial group Dacke Industri has acquired 85% of Divardy Bakery Services B.V., a Dutch specialist in conveyor systems for industrial bakeries.