Hostess Revives Emporia, KS with Technology Transplant

Oakes mixing and depositing equipment was featured in an article by Joanie Spencer that was published in both Baking & Snack magazine as well as BakingBusiness.com. The article covers how Hostess Brands - the creator of Twinkies and other popular snack products - has recently made a miraculous comeback:

To pull off what was called “the sweetest comeback in the history of ever,” Hostess Brands needed more than revitalization… it needed reanimation. Three years after flat-lining, the company’s flagship bakery in Emporia, KS, now cranks out more than 9 million individual Twinkies and almost as many CupCakes every week in a state-of-the-art facility that’s in constant motion, outputting products with speed and precision…

Following the installation of two Auto-Bake Serpentine systems; E.T. Oakes mixing, depositing and cooling equipment; and Delta, Kliklok-Woodman, Pearson and Propack packaging and robotic technology, Emporia now produces more than 50% of total company output for Hostess. And that includes all Twinkies.

To read the complete article, please visit BakingBusiness.com or find it on page 50 inside the February 2016 Baking & Snack magazine.