PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2021

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 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, 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 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 03/21 www.petpla.net Postponement of drinktec to 2022 Guest commentary by Petra Westphal, Messe München After almost a year and a half of the pandemic, we are all eagerly looking forward to actively renewing our private and professional contacts, to exchange ideas and finally to be able to look people in the eye again. Hopefully in our own social circles this will become a reality for many of us in many countries this summer. Much more difficult for the immediate future and beyond will be for businesses to meet each other face to face again. Will we be able to cross national borders unhindered in autumn? What restrictions might be necessary in autumn in order to be able to guarantee everyone’s safety? We, drinktec together with PETpoint, are the global summit for the beverage and liquid food industry. In Munich we are not only the hotspot for technical innovations and world premieres, but in particular we are the gathering place for business meetings and the exchange of views for the sector both here and worldwide. We can only hope to make this a reality again if travel across national borders and between continents is unrestricted. Two thirds of all drinktec visitors come from abroad, half of them from other continents. In view of these facts, we cannot live up to the claim and promise of being a leading international trade fair this year. We have therefore decided, together with the drinktec advisory board, to postpone the world’s leading trade fair to autumn 2022. The new date is September 12-16, 2022. Until then, we, and our strategic partner PETplanet, will be keeping you up to date about the events, technical evolutions and revolutions of the industry. We, the drinktec and PETpoint team, will do everything we can to ensure that in 2022 you will be able to experience once again the surprises and excitement of the world’s leading trade fair. We look forward to seeing you there. Yours, Petra Westphal Cluster Director drinktec worldwide, Messe München Dear readers, participants of drinktec and PETpoint,