imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Hubweg 15 74939 Zuzenhausen, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 info@petpla.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Anthony Withers Editorial & WikiPETia. info petplanet@petpla.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@petpla.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@petpla.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur Matthias Gaumann www.exprim.de READER SERVICES reader@petpla.net 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. 25 No. 10/24 www.petpla.net The holiday season is coming to an end. All that’s left are hopefully good memories, relaxation and, of course, souvenirs. And what do you bring home from a beach holiday? Why not a small lighthouse that would look great in the living room among all the other stuff you’ve brought back? So I paid over the top for one in the souvenir shop and unpacked it at home. It’s great when the lighthouse also lights up, as ours did. It gives off a nice light in the evening. After a few weeks the excitement wore off. It lit up. So what? But then, when I came to dust it, my editorial curiosity got the better of me. What was the glass housing made of? Had the manufacturers of the model lighthouse decided to imitate the “Fresnel lenses” themselves? I took a closer look and somehow the pattern looked familiar. A transparent plastic component with a transparent ring. The roof of the lighthouse could be unscrewed to replace the light bulb, and then it all became clear: the interior of the lighthouse is a PET preform, and the roof sits on a PCO 28 cap. I’ve seen no end of creative ideas involving PET preforms and bottles, but for the moment, this is probably my top favourite. Yours, Alexander Büchler Dear readers,
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