What does EBIC stand for?

Meeting point
EBIC is a meeting point where consumers, bakeries, machine constructors and ingredients suppliers come together. A place focused on know-how, market trends and customer-oriented development.

EBIC Vision
Sonneveld believes that Knowledge is Power. Pooling knowledge from different sources improves and strengthens the European bakery chain, which is something Sonneveld is strong proponent of.

EBIC Mission
By launching the EBIC, Sonneveld wants to make know-how related to the bakery chain accessible to both external business relations and its own organisation.

EBIC Promise
Sonneveld believes that the sharing of knowledge and partnership represents tomorrow’s success for businesses in the bakery chain.

Benefits
The direct benefits that Sonneveld expects form EBIC and from the dynamic interaction between its own organisation and its partners are:

• Enhancement of European market position through innovation.
• Better matching of supply and demand in local markets.
• Offering added value to our customers, through the diversity of services from the EBIC offering.
• Improving quality and professionalism. EBIC will improve the output of our own organisation and provide an impulse in terms of innovation and quality.

EBIC’s fields of activity
The EBIC has four clear fields of activity:

• Innovation & Development. New products and technological developments are generated here. Sonneveld is open to intensive cooperation between universities, research centres, partners and suppliers in order to achieve innovative concepts.
• Application. A test bakery and a centre where there is room for creativity in the sphere of applications. 
• Customer centre. EBIC offers a programme of workshops, training courses, seminars and presentations. Customers are received in an inspiring environment.
• Market knowledge. The EBIC actively gathers market, product and consumer information and everything in the field of legislation and regulations. Thanks to our investment in ICT, we are able to manage this knowledge and make the right information available to our customers and partners.

More information
EBIC is open to everyone in the industry. If you would like more information about our views on know-how, strategic partnership or the development of innovative projects, please contact Mr E. Trommels, Commercial Manager EBIC, on tel. +31-(0)78-6442525 or e-mail: ebic@sonneveld.com