Netherlands-based Dobla announced that it will be the exclusive sponsor of Team Asia and Team Russia during the World Pastry Team Championships (WPTC) to be held August 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. The theme for the competition is “imagination,” and 10 international pastry teams will compete in the 13-hour, two-day challenge.

Dobla, with U.S. operations based in Duluth, Ga., is an associate member of the WPTC and manufactures chocolate decorations, cups and toppings for the baking and pastry industries.