Commitment to the Baking Industry
The Peerless Group is also BISSC (Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee) certified. BISSC, www.bissc.org, is a not-for-profit corporation that, working with the American Society of Baking Z50 Committee, developed an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for the design of bakery equipment. The standard provides guidance for a variety of manufacturing equipment regarding proper design for sanitation and food safety. Peerless designs all of their products to meet the highest standards.
The Peerless Group has been an active member in our industry trade organization BEMA since its inception and many of our past and current employees have held chair positions on its various committees. Through our work with BEMA we endeavor to support and grow the baking industry – a cause that is quite fundamental in the culture of our company. Through its scholarship programs students are able to enter the field of baking with a high level of academic expertise. A recently-launched statistical program will help member-companies better understand the scope and dynamics of health of our industry all because of BEMA membership. You can learn more at www.bema.org
The American Institute of Baking (AIB) is an international corporation that is the premier technology transfer center for bakers and food processors. Located in Manhattan, Kansas – home of Kansas State University and one of the major centers wheat and grain-product research, the AIB provides valuable training to the world’s bakers. The Peerless Group has gladly donated a variety of process machines for their laboratory and test bakery and we encourage you to contact them for your training, educational and auditing needs at www.aibonline.org.
The Peerless Group has been a participant in the baking industry since 1913 and have always focused on building equipment solutions that provide the utmost in productivity for our customers. Be it advanced designs, or our attentive after-sales support, we have built a reputation of supplying among the most efficient machines in our markets. Our view is that efficiency encompasses not only minimizing electrical consumption during operation, but also designing for low water use during sanitation and maximizing uptime so that your entire bakery can be more productive and efficient. Peerless – Resource Responsible.