8 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 12/21 www.petpla.net Drinktec 2022 edition 90% booked Drinktec, the trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, will take place in Munich from September 12 to 16, 2022. The organisers announced a current booking status of 90% of the floor space and expressed confidence that the demand for exhibition space will be comparable to the level of previous Drinktec trade fairs. Digital tools already available offer a lot of scope for making participation in the trade fair more efficient for exhibitors and visitors. Exhibitors at the trade show can highlight their expertise in the individual topic areas through entries in the Solutions Directory. This will already be of benefit in the run-up to the trade fair, since the Solutions Directory will be available online to search through from the end of 2021. Visitors will also be shown offerings for their own application areas directly on their mobile device with the help of the Innovation Guide, a service available to trade fair visitors. By defining the main topics, Drinktec intends to demonstrate the potential for investment decisions in the coming years. Messe München is implementing these main topics throughout the event through special areas, the allocation of the exhibitors’ own offerings to these main topics, and expert sessions in the forums. These main topics include: Sustainable production & packaging, Consumer landscape & product design, Water & water management, and Digital solutions & digital transformation Drinktec will already be starting from December 2021 with the online program, Drinktec Talk. In four online events on the main topics, expert presentations on current solutions will provide compact information and enable an exchange with the speakers. The webinar series will be offered live and in English, and comprises presentations as well as an open Q&A session in which the participants can also enter into dialogue. www.drinktec.com Bekum America opens its expanded manufacturing facility Bekum America Corporation has completed construction of an expanded machine production facility to meet the high demand for Bekum extrusion blow moulding machines. The new facility adds 3,700m2 (40,000 square feet) of manufacturing and 690m2 (7,400 square feet) of office space to Bekum’s existing 10,700m2 (115,000 square foot) facility. This expansion will allow Bekum America to increase machine output, shorten lead times and will result in continued expansion of the workforce. Bekum America’s manufacturing team proudly shipped the first machine from the new machine assembly hall in May and will be busy in the months ahead fulfilling current machine demand. In addition, Bekum America will host a Customer and Community Open House on September 29 – October 2, not only to formally dedicate the new building, but to also showcase Bekum’s new state-of-theart manufacturing facility. www.bekum.com Quva signs agreement to acquire a 57.51% stake in Resilux Quva NV has reached an agreement to acquire, via a subsidiary to be established (“Bidco”), all of the shares of Resilux NV held by the Reference Shareholders, representing a total of 57.51% of the issued shares in Resilux. The purchase price payable by Quva for the Resilux shares acquired from the Reference Shareholders is equal to EUR 235 per share. The completion of the acquisition is still subject to merger control approval. The acquisition will be followed by a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares of Resilux. Following completion of the acquisition, Quva (via Bidco) will launch a mandatory public tender offer for the remaining shares of Resilux at a price equal to EUR 235 per share. Quva anticipates that the acquisition will be completed and the Mandatory Tender Offer will be launched in Q1 2022, subject to the relevant approvals being obtained. www.resilux.com www.quva.com German Technology Innovative hotrunner optiRun
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