Reading Bakery Systems Expands Pilot Production Capacity
Third line adds dedicated pretzel and bread snack capabilities to support more product development trials.
“This investment reflects our continued commitment to helping manufacturers innovate by combining process expertise with the capabilities needed to turn new ideas into commercial products.”
Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), a manufacturer of bakery and snack production systems, is expanding its Science & Innovation Center with a third pilot production line, increasing capacity for customer product development trials and equipment testing.
The expansion adds a pilot line for pretzels and bread snacks, allowing the existing flexible snack line to focus on sheeted products. Together with the Center’s cookie line, the new configuration provides three pilot lines capable of producing rotary moulded and wire-cut cookies, sheeted snacks, and low-pressure-extruded pretzels and bread snacks. By reducing equipment changeovers, RBS can accommodate more customer trials, offer greater scheduling flexibility and shorten lead times.
“Expanding the Science & Innovation Center with a third pilot line allows us to work with more customers, reduce wait times for trials, and provide faster access to the technical expertise and resources needed to bring new ideas to market,” Cameron Johnston, senior director of innovation at RBS, said in a statement.
At the Science & Innovation Center, bakery and snack manufacturers work with RBS experts to develop new products, optimize processes, address manufacturing challenges and prepare for commercial-scale production. The center’s pilot equipment supports a wide range of products, including pretzels, bread snacks, baked chips, biscuits, cookies, crackers, and pet treats.
Additional resources include five continuous mixers, SCORPION thermal profiling technology, and advanced quality control equipment. These capabilities help customers validate formulations, refine processes and scale products more efficiently while reducing development risk.
“Our goal has always been to be more than an equipment supplier; we strive to be a trusted partner
in our customers’ success,” Chip Czulada, CEO of Reading Bakery Systems, said in a statement. “This investment reflects our continued commitment to helping manufacturers innovate by combining process expertise with the capabilities needed to turn new ideas into commercial products.”
Reading Bakery Systems, a Markel Group company, is a manufacturer of complete production systems for biscuits, crackers, cookies, pretzels, baked snacks, pet treats and more. With more than 130 years of process expertise, RBS provides advanced mixing, forming, baking, and process optimization solutions to customers worldwide.
