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Article: BEMA's changing role in the baking industry.(BEMA President's Letter)(Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association)
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- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Last year, BEMA celebrated 85 years of service to the baking industry. Starting in 1918 as the Bakery Equipment Manufacturers Association, by the mid-1990s BEMA had opened up its membership to all baking industry suppliers. At that time, the association leadership recognized that, by expanding its membership base, BEMA would be better able to represent the industry and make more meaningful contributions.
Further, this change would be responsive to many in the industry who were crying, "There are too many associations/organizations in the baking industry." As mergers and acquisitions have become a mainstay of the baking industry, BEMA's expansion to all supplier ...