Tickets for Inde Pet’s International Women’s Day event on 6 March in Melbourne are selling fast. The event will celebrate and recognise the achievements and innovations that incredible women in the pet industry have mad…
Products of the Year 2023/2024
We’re looking for winners
What are the pet and PET worldwide Products of the Year 2023/2024 in the pet sector? Voting is now underway! All speciality retailers and wholesalers in …
Personnel
Essential Foods appoints David Elsass as CEO
British pet food company Essential Foods has appointed David Elsass as its new CEO with effect from 15 February. He will work closely …
Belgium
Moderna appoints Alex Raes as CEO
Moderna Products in Belgium has appointed Alex Raes as its new CEO. He succeeds Bart Bonte, who becomes chairman of the board and remains as CEO …
Mac Tillman succeeds Kevin Fick
Petwise names chief executive officer
Petwise has announced that Mac Tillman has been named CEO with effect from 5 February. As part of this appointment, Kevin Fick, who has served…
Third acquisition in CEE
Coveris enters the Czech market
The European packaging manufacturer Coveris has acquired the Czech label producer S&K Label. Following the recent purchases of two production …
Sales volume of 340 bn euros
Interest in private labels continues to grow
Consumers in Europe bought more private label products last year than in the year before. In the 17 countries surveyed, private labels …
Suziria
Suziria opens new production facility
Suziria Brands, a private label company that is part of the Ukrainian group of companies Suziria Group, has announced the opening of a new …
Miazoo
A Bulgarian pioneer
30 years ago, Ivan and Milkana Antonov opened a 20 m² pet shop in Varna on the Black Sea, thus laying the foundation for the pet supplies sector in Bulgaria…
Vafo
30 years of pet food
Innovative pet food products with the focus on sustainability form the core aspect of Vafo’s business. The company’s self-imposed principles are fully …
Laroy Group
All departments now under one roof
The Belgian pet supplies company Laroy Group has unveiled its completed warehouse, a cutting-edge facility dedicated to the intake and storage of…
United Petfood
United Petfood ups its game
United Petfood has made a dynamic start to the new year. After the takeover of De Haan Petfood at the end of last year, the Belgian company has now…
New study from Packaged Facts
“Cat category is a driver to pet market growth”
The percentage of US households owning pets slipped from 54 per cent in 2019 to 51 per cent in 2023. This is what the market …
Fiscal 2024 first quarter
Central: decreasing net sales in pet segment
Central Garden & Pet Company increased its net sales in its fiscal 2024 first quarter, which ended on 30 December 2023, by 1 per …
Succession plan
Marcel Bosch new managing director of Farm Food
On 1 January, Marcel Bosch took over at the helm of Dutch pet food manufacturer Farm Food Natural Dog Food in Nijverdal. “We are …