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September | 2022

The Final Countdown to IBIE

We are closer than ever to illuminating the Lights Out Bakery.

With just 16 days to go, our teams are finishing preparations for this year's IBIE Trade Show. We will illuminate the Lights Out Bakery, our moonshot vision to strategically transform bakeries through digitalization and automation. Ultimately, we're creating more production efficiencies, better quality control, more accessible knowledge sharing, and higher product yield through a portfolio of digital solutions. By leveraging expert baking knowledge, new quality control methods, and real-time production line information, we're partnering with bakeries to deliver more sustainable, autonomous production lines.

Our Vision Come to Life on the Show Floor

In addition to our local teams working to put final touches on the showcase, our vendor partners are working to ensure our booths represent our vision and messaging. Here is a glimpse of our booths in rendering format.

We look forward to welcoming our guests to experience the Lights Out Bakery and our entire family of brands across our five booth spaces. Click here and watch our booth trailer if you have not seen it yet. We will have a variety of our equipment solutions on the floor in addition to several live demonstrations. Click here to see exactly what we will be showcasing. The final IBIE project plan update is September 6th from 9:00 – 10:00 EST. Join us if you'd like to hear more details about our presence at the show. Click here to request a meeting invite link. In the meantime, click here to relive the construction of our IBIE 2019 booth spaces. A huge thank you goes out to all our teams working tirelessly to bring the show to life. Cheers to the Light Out Bakery and Sustainability.

2022 IBIE Best in Baking Program Top Honors

IBIE's BEST in Baking Program honors suppliers and bakeries committed to excellence in the industry's most important topics from sustainability and product innovation to workforce development. We are proud to have been awarded top honors in the 2022 Best in Baking Program for our Sustainable Oven Service. This oven feature helps bakers and operators improve efficiency and quality and reduce the energy usage of their ovens.

Additional products qualified for the following categories based on our submissions. These qualified innovations will receive a program certificate and be included in the pre-and post-show promotions for the BEST in Baking program. Certificates will be delivered at IBIE on Sunday, September 18th.

In the Automation/Robotics category:

Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV), Smart Applicator, EZ Diverter

In the Sustainability category:

MB-VITA Tunnel Oven

In the Sanitation category:

ADD-S Bread Make-up System, SFA Artisan Bread Line

MYAMF Mobile App Update

Find the 'MyAMF' mobile app available now on your app store. The MyAMF mobile app will launch externally at IBIE to better connect our customers and prospects to AMF's products and customer care services. MyAMF offers baking customers a unique mobile solution to quickly access featured products, event details, resource documents, and click-to-call or email capabilities for customer care support. AMF customers logging in with their corporate email addresses will be able to quickly access their open or closed case management tickets and AMFMethod documentation associated with their bakery's LN account number [as listed in CRM]. Any feedback or questions related to the new mobile app can be sent to Marketing.

Goodbye for Now

John Keane

We want to take a moment to thank John Keane for his 26 years of contribution and leadership at AMF. John has been a great teammate and friend to many of us at AMF, especially within AMF Workhorse. He leaves the AMF Workhorse team in highly capable hands as Bryan Didas takes over Engineering and Operations leadership at Workhorse Richmond. The team is poised for an exciting future. As John moves on to new adventures, we wish him the very best and look forward to meeting for burgers at Dot's Back Inn to stay in touch. Please click here to read John's farewell message.

Josh Wrafter

Josh has been an installation and commissioning engineer for AMF since 2018. Josh became an extremely vital teammate on the UK and European teams during his time with us. He was critical in some of our biggest installation jobs at Bimbo, Russia, and Lantmannen, Poland. He has decided to move on to a role that will allow him to work closer to home and spend more time with his wife and young son. We are sad to see josh go, but we wish him the best in his future ambitions.

AMF Sherbrooke Extracurricular Success

Karate Championships

Léa Morin, Daughter of Danny Morin, Vice President of AMF Canada, recently finished fifth place at the Pan American Karate Championships in Mexico City. Her excellent finish, in a division of nearly 25 athletes, won her an opportunity to compete at the World Championships in Turkey at the end of October. The Record, the Sherbrooke daily newspaper, covered the event and spoke with Danny about his pride in his daughters' accomplishments. He stated, "She had to make hard choices because that level of athlete in any sport does not have a full young life as other teenagers have." Best wishes to Lea as she competes in Turkey in October. Click here to read the article.

Léa Morin Competing

Ultimate Frisbee

In late spring and early summer, AMF Sherbrooke teammates assembled an ultimate frisbee team to promote getting back in shape and reconnecting with their colleagues. The turnout was successful, and it is something they have decided to continue into the fall.