Coperion Gears up for ProSweets Cologne 2026: Showcasing Innovative Confectionery Solutions

Coperion is excited to participate in ProSweets Cologne 2026, taking place from February 1-4, 2026, in Cologne, Germany. This premier trade show provides an excellent platform for Coperion’s Food, Health & Nutrition Division to showcase its cutting-edge technologies and comprehensive process lines designed specifically for the high-quality confectionery market.

 ProSweets is one of the most significant events in the sweets industry, attracting manufacturers, suppliers, and innovators from around the globe. The event offers a prime opportunity for Coperion to highlight advanced automated ingredient handling capabilities and demonstrate top-tier technologies that help confectionery manufacturers push creative boundaries while maintaining operational efficiency.

Visitors to the Coperion booth experience live demonstrations, sampling, and interactive displays showcasing the versatility of their systems for hard candies, gummies, lollipops, and soft confectionery. This immersive experience highlights how Coperion’s solutions elevate confectionery manufacturing-delivering product excellence, innovation, operational efficiency, and cost savings. Featured technologies from their well-known leading brands such as Baker Perkins, Gabler Engineering, Kemutec and more include: 

ServoForm™ Flexi Starch-Free Depositor System   

Extending the capabilities of Baker Perkins’ hygienic, starch-free depositing technology, the ServoForm™ Flexi offers flexible output and is ideal for producing gummies and jellies-especially for the growing functional, nutraceutical, and healthcare markets.  

Microfilm™ Cooker 

This innovative cooker, dissolves and partially cooks sugar slurry in a thin film, ensuring rapid cooking without burning or inversion-perfect for high-end confectionery production. 

The booth displays also emphasize Coperion’s capabilities in: 

Ingredient handling: Providing technology that minimizes degradation and maximizes value when processing cocoa, milk powders, sweeteners, salts, and starches 

Depositing & molding: Highlighting hygienic, automated, starch-free depositing systems that produce uniform, glossy candies with minimal waste 

Extrusion: Ensuring smooth processing, accurate temperature control, and gentle handling of gum mass for endless bands or strands of chewing gum, liquid- or powder-filled strands, and 2 to 3-ply layered gum

Innovation Centers for testing & development: Testing, recipe development, and training, to support customers throughout their product development journey 

Coperion’s participation in ProSweets Cologne 2026 underscores its commitment to innovation and excellence in the confectionery industry.  At ProSweets, Coperion connect with industry leaders and potential customers seeking a partner for scalable, efficient, and hygienic processing systems. 


About Coperion

Coperion (www.coperion.com) is a global industry and technology leader in specialized equipment for the food and health industries. Coperion develops, produces, and services plants, machinery, and components for the food, pet food, baking, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. Its brands – Baker Perkins, Bakon, K-Tron, Diosna, Gabler, Kemutec, Peerless, Shaffer, Shick Esteve, Unifiller, and VMI – are experts in ingredient automation, pre-dough systems, mixing, and depositing technologies. Coperion employs more than 5,000 people in its three divisions Performance Materials, Food, Health & Nutrition, and Aftermarket Sales & Service, and in its over 50 sales and service companies worldwide. Coperion is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI), a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers serving a wide variety of industries around the world. www.hillenbrand.com