7 07, 2022

Matti Salmi appointed Chief Procurement Officer of Pet Network

2022-07-15T21:45:56+02:00July 7th, 2022|Categories: General, people, position, Retail|Tags: , , , , |

Matti Salmi will take over the post as Chief Procurement Officer in the Management Board of Petwork International. Formerly served as Purchasing director at Scandinavian pet retailer Musti, Salmi [...]

7 07, 2022

New PLMA study: Private labels more popular

2022-07-10T21:53:55+02:00July 7th, 2022|Categories: European, General, Market info, Survey|Tags: , , , |

A study by the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) found out, that European customers will stick to their new „pandemic“ shopping behaviour. The pandemic has intensly impaired the consumerism [...]

7 07, 2022

Oterra announced acquisition of natural color supplier Akay

2022-07-10T21:53:15+02:00July 7th, 2022|Categories: Acquisition, Asian, General, Ingredients, Ingredients Manufacturer|Tags: , , , |

Oterra will acquire the Akay Group based in India. The acquistion of the natural ingredients manufacturer shall increase Akay’s producing and R&D capabilities as well as the possibility to [...]

6 07, 2022

Symrise concludes takeover of Chinese manufacturer Wing Pet Food

2022-07-10T21:52:05+02:00July 6th, 2022|Categories: Acquisition, Asian, General, Ingredients, Ingredients Manufacturer, Pet Food Manufacturer|Tags: , , , , , |

Symrise has taken over the Chinese manufacturer Wing Pet Food in order to increase the company’s popularity in the “highly attractive” Asian region. The company has already signed the [...]

6 07, 2022

Purina spends €135 million to open new wet cat food factory in Thailand

2022-07-10T21:50:58+02:00July 6th, 2022|Categories: Asian, General, Pet Food Manufacturer|Tags: , , , , , |

Nestlé’s subsidiary Purina will open a new plant in the province of Rayong around 200km from Bangkok. The facility in the third biggest pet food exporter will be mainly [...]

5 07, 2022

Conad store chain opens its 100th store in Italy

2022-07-10T21:49:52+02:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: European, General, Italy, Retail|Tags: , , |

After opening 13 bew stores in Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Lombardy, Sardinia, Sicily and Tuscany, the store chain Conad now runs 100 sites. The empire plans to increase the amount of [...]

5 07, 2022

PIF export programme starts trial phase

2022-07-10T21:49:23+02:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: e-commerce, European, General, Market info|Tags: , , , |

After months of work and examination, the export programme invented by the Pet Industry Federation (PIF) is starting a trial phase now. The PIF team aimed to develop a [...]

5 07, 2022

CIPS started campaign in China to strengthen pet stores

2022-07-10T21:48:21+02:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: Asian, General, Market info, report|Tags: , , , , |

In 2020, the China International Pet Show (CIPS) surveyed more than 40,000 pet stores in China. Around 45.5 per cent had to give up their businesses, 20.5% moved to [...]

4 07, 2022

Japanese pet owners spent more money for their pets last year

2022-07-05T12:55:23+02:00July 4th, 2022|Categories: Asian, General, Market info, report, Survey|Tags: , , |

According to results from the survey of Japanese Ipet Holdings, the spending for its pets increased 4.3% among 1,018 pet owners compared to the previous year. Due to the [...]

1 07, 2022

Massoni is new president of Italian industry association ASSALCO

2022-07-04T12:23:35+02:00July 1st, 2022|Categories: European, General, people, position|Tags: , , , , |

Giorgio Massoni, current general manager at Sanypet-Forza10, was elected president at the Italian Association for Pet Feeding and Care (ASSALCO). Succeeding Gianmarco Ferrari, Massoni will hold this position until [...]

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