Time once again for confectionery companies to shine at our World Confectionery Awardss
Waleed Nasir, of Cargill, was among those receiving honours at last year's awards.
Our 2025 edition of the World Confectionery Conference on 11 September in Brussels, will also see a return for our World Confectionery Awards, celebrating the achievements of equipment, ingredients and finished product businesses from around the globe, as well as fast-rising companies.
Since the inception of thee accolades for our first even in Brussels in 2022, we have sought to shine a light on some of our sector’s brightest talents, which in some instances would otherwise go unsung. From speaking to a wide range of companies that have claimed awards over the past four years, they have greatly welcomed the clear boost that gaining recognition from their peers has provided.
They are judged by highly experienced editorial board, along with Confectionery Production, which has ensured the independent integrity of these accolades in offering a genuine platform for celebrating excellence in the industry. Honours will be presented in the afternoon of the conference at the Marriott Grand Place hotel, and as with previous years, we will be championing sustainability, innovation and technical excellence across the sector, with our accolades being closely judged by our highly experienced editorial board, and ourselves.
After its successful introduction in 2024, we will be reviving the Emerging Enterprise of the year honours (for companies no more than 3-5 years in age from right across our sector). The category will be alongside honours specifically for supplier innovations across equipment, ingredients and finished product market segments, plus a special winners trophy for the sustainability initiative of the year, as well as a team of the year award.
Entering these accolades will be free, with previous winners having been from right across the full spectrum of the industry, from small independents, to major corporations. Each business is allowed to nominate a maximum of one company As ever, we welcome entries from around the world, and this s your chance to see your business recognised as part of what has become a popular and engaging part of our overall conference.
We will be encouraging companies to send entries until July 20, via the World Confectionery Conference website at confectioneryconference.com/awards/ Entries should include a description of why you believe the nominated company should receive an accolade, which should be a minimum of 200-words, but no more than 500 words. Each entry should describe how you feel your business has made a notable impact in the past year.
Editor Neill Barston commented: “Our 2025 event comes at an especially notable period, with major legislation on the horizon with the EUDR regulations and broader due diligence laws coming into lend greater protections for key cocoa supply chains, as well as continuing inflationary test, as well as major technology innovations in the form of AI and robotics, as well as ingredients advances, that are helping transform our global industry. All these core subjects are set to come under the microscope as we make a renewed return to Brussels.
