Fish food producer Alltech Coppens exports to over 60 countries. It offers private-label packaging that can help to differentiate a product from the competition.
Vafo
Vafo opens factory in Finland
With an annual production capacity of 20 thousand tons of pet food, the new Vafo factory in the Finnish city of Nokia is the largest of its kind in …
Hansepet
Delicious from the tube
Hansepet is considered to be the inventor of fresh meat pies from the tube for dogs and cats. They are also offered in different variants on a private-label…
Michael Hurnaus - Tractive
The wearables market
GPS trackers for dogs and cats are what are known as “wear-ables”, i.e. computer systems worn on the body. Three questions to Michael Hurnaus on this new…
Unleashed
The future is more digital than ever
Innovative pet-related solutions formed the focus of Nestlé Purina’s start-up event Unleashed. The aim is to develop the leading network for …
Winners of the Better with Pets Prize
Purina promotes the human-pet bond
Purina has announced the winners of the Better with Pets Prize. The prize, with a fund worth 200 000 euros, honours the work of three …
International retail performance
Podium Pet Products receives the King's Award for Enterprise
The UK pet company Podium Pet Products is one of the first companies to receive the King's Award for Enterprise 2023 …
First-quarter sales for 2023
Nestlé sales up by 5.6 per cent
Nestlé increased its group sales in the first three months of the current fiscal year by 5.6 per cent to 23.5 bn Swiss francs (approx. 23.95 bn …
Personnel change on 1 May
Marc Soldner takes over as sales director at JR Farm
On 1 May, Marc Soldner assumes the role of sales director at JR Farm and Blue Tree. He succeeds Roman Schmuki, who is leaving …
PET worldwide Product of the Year 2022/2023
Curli triumphs for the second time in a row
Swiss company Curli AG has won the coveted award for PET worldwide Product of the Year for the second year in succession.As in previous …
Germany
Granata Pet builds a Pet Campus
The German pet food company Granata Pet has embarked on the construction of a Pet Campus with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony at the site in …
Third time in a row
Award for Josera
The pet food manufacturer Josera has won the Promotional Gift Award for the third time in a row. After children’s book “Seppl und die Rasselbande” and the snapshot…
Transaction
Mars acquires Heska
The leading international pet food manufacturer Mars Petcare will acquire Heska, a global provider of advanced veterinary diagnostic and speciality products, …
Pet owning in Germany
Decline in the number of cats
German households were home to 34.4 million dogs, cats, small animals and cage birds last year, along with ornamental fish and reptiles. 46 per cent …
Fiscal 2022
Chewy increases sales by 13.6 per cent
Chewy, the American online retailer, has published its results for the 2022 fiscal year, which ended on 29 January 2023. These show that net …