imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Hubweg 15 74939 Zuzenhausen, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion 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 [email protected] PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | www.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’ subscription 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. 23 No. 10/22 www.petpla.net Copyright of front cover by: Messe Düsseldorf/ctillmann Dear readers, Drinktec 2022 has closed its doors, the first international fair for our sector after the disruption of the pandemic. From a personal perspective, I was extremely pleased; we met all PETlers again, and it was good to shake hands again and to look into each other’s eyes. Martin Hammerschmid, CEO Gernep, had repeatedly questioned the costs of trade fairs in previous years. At this year’s Drinktec he told me that he would never want to question the trade fair again, so great is the need for suppliers and processors to meet and interact in person in an intense way. Perhaps Petra Westphal summed up the importance of Drinktec best: “The future of the industry is being shaped here.” However, she also self-critically mentioned the rollercoaster ride in the preparations for this year’s event. There were significantly fewer exhibitors (2022: 1,002 instead of 2017: 1,749) and significantly fewer visitors (50,000 instead of 76,000). But the proportion of overseas visitors did increase slightly (2022: 70% instead of 2017: 67%), demonstrating the international importance of the event. We can only agree with the view of Volker Kronseder, Krones. This is how he summed up the fair: “When you walk through the halls ... you finally see people from different nations communicating with each other face to face again”. Personally, I am pleased that Drinktec and with it our PETpoint are back and I look forward to the next meeting in Munich in 2025. Yours, Alexander Büchler
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