A terrific show!

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"World fair of the pet supplies sector excelled with a record result" was the verdict of the closing report by the organisers of Interzoo, reflecting the general sense of euphoria. And the mood of the exhibitors who had travelled to Nuremberg was good too. "We were absolutely overwhelmed with visitors and interest at our first showing at Interzoo," commented Jill Angell of Fish4Dogs with satisfaction. And Jörg Lefers, managing director of Allco Heim-tierbedarf, even said: "That was the best Interzoo that I've attended." Positive response The official figures for both visitors and exhibitors were extremely positive. These show that 37 200 trade visitors came to the 30th Interzoo to check out the current trends in the sector - 9 per cent more visitors than two years ago. The trend in exhibitor numbers was even better, showing healthy growth of 13 per cent compared with Interzoo 2006. 1 436 exhibitors from 54 countries set a new record and was a clear indicator of the continuing trend at Interzoo towards internationalisation, with 77 per cent of all exhibitors coming from abroad. The leading exhibiting nations apart from Germany were Italy, China, the USA, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium, France and Spain. According to the fair organisers, companies from China, Great Britain, Taiwan, India, the Netherlands, Canada, Poland, the Czech Republic, France and Spain increased their exhibition floor space significantly. The visitor trend was similarly upwards. Interzoo 2008 attracted a greater number of visitors from all continents. The countries with the largest contingents of visitors were Germany with 14 286, Italy with 2 174, France with 1 238, the Netherlands with 1 193 and Spain with 1 192 visitors. A total of 31 989 visitors came from Europe (2006: 29 342), thus 9 per cent more than in 2006. Again, the number of visitors to the fair from eastern Europe rose substantially (+ 30 per cent). For example, there were 275 visitors from Lithuania (2006: 110), 824 visitors from Poland (2006: 666), 738 from Russia (2006: 483) and 955 from the Czech Republic (2006: 741). 5 137 visitors in all came from eastern Europe (2006: 3 950). Overseas attendance also rose - by 8 per cent to 930 from North America, by 35 per cent to 611 from South and Central America, by 23 per cent to 429 from Australia/Oceania and by 30 per cent to 373 visitors from Africa. The number of Asian visitors fell by one per cent to 2 868. There was strong…