Under the motto ‘Confectionery meets bakery - Planning. Producing. Controlling.’ the iba.CONFECTIONERY TEC AREA supported by the Zentralfachschule der Deutschen Süßwarenwirtschaft e.V. (ZDS) has set itself the task of providing information on current trends.
The ZDS, founded in 1951, is the world's most renowned training and further education institute for all areas of the confectionery industry.
The ZDS provides training for the professions of ‘confectionery technologist’ and ‘food technology specialist’. There are also preparatory courses for the industry master craftsman examination and training to become a state-certified food technologist. Since 2016, there has also been the option of a dual study programme ‘Confectionery Technologist and Bachelor of Science in Food Technology (Baking and Confectionery Technology)’ to accompany training.
The ZDS is known worldwide for its seminars. Every year, participants from over 30 nations attend specialist conferences and practical training courses on topics relating to confectionery production. The ZDS also advises companies from a wide range of countries and organises company-specific training courses and test series for member companies.
The ZDS member service is made up of over 250 member companies in the confectionery and food industry from all over the world. Every ZDS member company benefits from numerous advantages. From the use of ZDS technical facilities and support for industrial product development to company-specific in-house training and advice.
The ZDS training and further education centre offers a wide range of training courses in the confectionery and food industry. Whether, for example, to become a ‘specialist in food technology’, a ‘confectionery technologist’ or an industrial foreman in the fields of confectionery technology or food technology, the ZDS is unique in this form with its training programme. The vocational students live in the college's own boarding school during the block course and are catered for in the in-house canteen.
The ZDS seminar service invites participants from all over the world to attend short and long-term seminars, workshops and large and small congresses in a wide range of confectionery-related fields. The global confectionery industry meets at the ZDS. International experts, and above all the trained ZDS specialists, pass on their knowledge to the participants in these seminars and thus form the basis for the innovations of the future of the global confectionery industry.
