Baker Perkins
Baker Perkins Ltd is a British engineering company for food processing equipment headquartered in Peterborough, England. Its product portfolio offers different technologies and applications for the bread, biscuit, confectionery, snack, and breakfast cereal sectors.
Type | Limited company |
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Industry | Food processing equipment. |
Founded | 1918 |
Headquarters | Worldwide Headquarters: Paston Parkway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England North American Headquarters Kraft Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Bread mixing and forming equipment for plant bakeries Complete lines for biscuits, cookies and crackers |
Number of employees | 350 |
Website | http://www.bakerperkins.com |
Alongside its facilities in the United Kingdom, the company operates another location in Michigan in the United States.
Baker Perkins was founded in 1918 through the merger of Joseph Baker & Sons Ltd and Perkins Engineers Ltd, and later bought by the dairy and liquid food specialist APV which helped it grow internationally. The company regained independence in 2006 with its acquisition by private investors.
Since November 2020, Baker Perkins is part of the Schenck Process Group, an international engineering company based in Germany.