Important industry award for Polina Kosharna

Yesterday (16 October) at the International Pet Conference in Brussels, Polina Kosharna from the Suziria Group, Ukraine, was presented with the Pet Personality Award 2024.

Ralf Majer-Abele, Editor-in-Chief of PET worldwide, presented the internationally recognised award to the entrepreneur and emphasised: "It is truly incredible what you and your team have achieved in recent years. We have often spoken today about the ever-increasing pace of change in the pet industry. None of us have any idea of all the changes that you, Polina and your company have experienced in recent years since Russia's attack on Ukraine."

He emphasised Kosharna's outstanding achievements, that she and her team have withstood all the brutality of war. After a missile attack damaged their warehouse in Kharkiv, the Suziria Group relocated production to Kalush in western Ukraine. New facilities for the production of treats for dogs and cats were also built there.

Kosharna thus continues the series of prominent personalities from the pet industry:

• 2006 Ard Malenstein (IJsvogel Group)
• 2008 Torsten Toeller (Fressnapf group)
• 2010 Roland Böhme (JBL)
• 2012 Steven Charman (Pets Corner)
• 2014 Rolf Boffa (Qualipet)
• 2016 Nicola Vaccari (Ferplast)
• 2018 Pavel Bouska (Vafo Group)
• 2022 Dr. Rowena Arzt (WZF)