PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2020

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info [email protected] MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck & Verlag GmbH Werkstr. 25 67354 Römerberg Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PET planet Insider Vol. 21 No. 03/20 www.petpla.net In China, the coronavirus has led to an extension of the Chinese New Year break. To stem the tide of the flu-like illness, the government has put in place travel restrictions affecting all of China. In Hubai, the province worst affected by the virus, public life has come almost to a standstill. Coca-Cola has powered down many of its 45 factories in China, reports Coca-Cola Company Chief Executive James Quincey. However, the Chinese government wants to make sure the flow of food and bever- ages doesn’t stop for its population so some factories are active again. In another move, Chinaplas has cancelled its trade fair in April in the new National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai. Today, we heard the announcement by Ada Leung, General Manager of Adsale, that the trade fair will take place at the NECC in Shanghai on 3-6 August 2020. She said: “Many market activities like consumption, manufacturing and investment etc. are put on hold during the epidemic. And now, some companies have already resumed work and are manu- facturing in an orderly manner. We believe that once the outbreak is controlled, all suppressed market demand will be released. The post- ponement of Chinaplas to August in Shanghai will help the upstream and downstream industries to seize business opportunities during the market rebound period.” Since Chinaplas will be in August, we will bring forward our August issue of PETplanet so that the preliminary trade fair report can reach all our readers (new publication date: July 20, 2020, new insertion deadline: July 03, 2020). We hope that the coronavirus and all its effects are overcome as quickly as possible and the restrictions can be lifted. Yours Alexander Büchler A personal update. Dear readers, last year, an accident forced me into inactivity. Since then, I have made good progress and I can now undertake small tasks again. A visible sign of this is the Editorial written by me. Thank you for your patience and many good wishes and thanks to the whole PETplanet team for taking the weight off my shoulders. Dear readers,