Effective 1 January 2019, Bühler will enter the global food market with a newly created segment: Consumer Foods. By merging Bühler's current chocolate, nut, bakery and coffee business with Haas's business, the new organization shall be able to better serve customers in these global markets through simplified inter-faces, integrated solutions, innovation and services. Germar Wacker, current CEO of Haas, shall lead the new segment and will become a member of the Bühler Group Executive Committee.

The creation of the new Consumer Foods business segment marks a milestone in the more than 150-year history of the Bühler Group. In recent years, the com-pany has managed two business areas: Advanced Materials and Grains & Food. With the acquisition of the Austrian Haas Group, Bühler is now reorienting itself and forming a new business with a focus on consumer foods and sweets, with integrated solutions for the production of waffles, biscuits, bakery products, chocolates, pralinés, filled products, nuts, coffee and more.