From the viewpoint of the domestic market, as the post-80s, post-90s and post-00s grow into the mainstream consumer population and employment team, the proportion of people with a high degree of fondness for bakery food continues to increase, which promotes the rapid development of the bakery industry in China, accompanied by the growth in the size of China's bakery food market, the end of the bakery shops, catering hotels, central bakery plants and other bakery field enterprises for the demand for commercial bakery equipment continues to increase. The market size of China's commercial bakery equipment market grew from 3.05 billion yuan to 4.08 billion yuan from 2017 to 2021, at a CAGR of approximately 7.5%.

In addition, the growth in the number of bakery shops in China, the increase in the penetration rate of commercial bakery equipment in bakery shops, the increase in the demand for commercial bakery equipment in centralised bakery factories, the technological advancement of the commercial bakery equipment industry and the increase in the recognition of commercial bakery equipment produced in China in the international market will also collectively promote the continuous progress of China's commercial bakery equipment industry, and it is estimated that, by 2026, the market size of China's commercial bakery equipment market will reach 5.97 billion yuan. equipment market size will reach 5.97 billion yuan.

After years of development, China has formed a relatively perfect commercial bakery equipment industry chain, some of the leading enterprises have more mature technology and products, China has also developed into a large country for the production and use of commercial bakery equipment. At present, commercial bakery equipment has been widely used in bakery shops (bakery, Chinese pastry shop, new tea and beverage shop, etc.), supermarkets, convenience stores, hotels, western restaurants, fast food restaurants, coffee shops and other types of food and beverage retail establishments, as well as the central bakery factories, central kitchens, food cooking training schools and other non-retail establishments, of which the bakery shops and the central bakery factories accounted for as high as 39.4% and 34.2 per cent.

Increased automation of production: With the advancement of science and technology and the promotion of "Industry 4.0", positioning and welding robots, handling robots and other cutting-edge technologies have begun to mature, ushering in the era of automation in China's commercial bakery equipment industry, in order to reduce the degree of intervention by production line operators. A higher degree of automation can effectively help commercial bakery equipment manufacturers to stabilise product quality, improve production efficiency, reduce personnel costs and reduce raw material losses.

Internet of Things, cloud computing and other technologies to help improve product intelligence: with the Internet of Things, cloud computing and other cutting-edge technology maturity and application, the future of China's commercial bakery equipment will be in the direction of more intelligent development. At present, leading foreign enterprises have already launched solutions in product intelligence. Customers can transfer customised recipes and operating procedures to Rational (Leixinuo) equipment with a single click, and can also know the maintenance status, cleaning status, and work operation data of all networked equipment through remote management.

Product development in the direction of energy saving, environmental protection: the future of commercial bakery equipment industry will be towards energy saving, green development. For example, use more renewable materials instead of traditional plastic materials in the production process to reduce environmental pollution; optimise the heat transfer efficiency of the oven by carrying energy linkage systems and heat recovery devices, and recover heat so as to reduce the amount of energy consumed in the working process of the oven; and reduce the emission of VOCs pollutants through the use of water-based paints on the surface of the equipment rather than the oil-based paint spraying, which will significantly reduce the atmospheric Pollution.

Improvement of market concentration: At present, the concentration of China's commercial baking equipment industry is low, with CR5 less than 25%. In addition to a few leading enterprises, most manufacturers are small in scale, lack R&D capability, and their products are mainly oriented to the middle and low-end markets, with uneven quality and serious homogeneous competition. With the increasing competition and technological upgrading, high-quality enterprises with advanced technology and perfect marketing and service network will stand out and gradually eliminate low-end backward enterprises, and the market concentration rises. Compared with China, the commercial bakery equipment industry in Europe and the United States is developing maturely, with numerous mergers and acquisitions among large-scale enterprises, which further improves the market concentration.

The global competitiveness of China's enterprises has been enhanced: at present, China's commercial bakery equipment has been exported to the world. As our manufacturers continue to improve product quality through technological research and development, increase brand awareness by participating in international exhibitions, and improve product after-sales service by cooperating with overseas traders, China's commercial bakery equipment exports will maintain high growth, and the global competitiveness of our enterprises will continue to improve.

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Bakery China, organized by China Association of Bakery and Confectionery Industry (CABCI) and Bakery China Exhibitions Co., Ltd. was launched since 1997. Bakery China is the Asia Pacific's leading event serving the entire value chain for the bakery and confectionery market. The event presents all range of ingredient, equipment, packaging and services, and enables global leading professionals and buyer delegates to meet and share the latest innovations and thinking on manufacturing & distribution, R&D, applications and related services for bakery industry.It is the first choice trade fair to enter China's bakery market.

The 26th Bakery China will be held on May 21-24,2024 at National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai, covering 320,000 sqm show space. Over 2,200 exhibitors and 400,000 visits are expected.

(source: Tencent News)