imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Hubweg 15 74939 Zuzenhausen, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 [email protected] EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Anthony Withers Editorial & WikiPETia. info [email protected] MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann [email protected] Johann Lange-Brock [email protected] phone: +49 6221-65108-0 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur Matthias Gaumann www.exprim.de 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. 26 No. 04/25 www.petpla.net The first part of our Circular Economy Tour 2025 has started and took me to Spain. But what awaited me there? Exciting projects, of course, but at the same time every visit brought back memories of previous projects from the last 25 years - a real déjà vu! But first things first. My first stop was at Mr Guillem from Inden Pharma, which now operates in cooperation with Alpla Pharma. About 20 years ago, we already had the idea of publishing a publication called Plastics in Pharmaceuticals alongside PETplanet. However, our research quickly revealed that the authorisation procedures for medicines and their packaging take several years. Once on the market, changes are virtually impossible, so innovations in this area are very slow to gain a foothold. And today? The situation has hardly changed. This means that a specific PET from a specific manufacturer is authorised for almost every type of packaging. Inden Pharma therefore relies on many small batches which are processed in bags - a real logistical feat. My next visit took me to Mrs Masó from Retal Iberia. She gave us a warm welcome and we were delighted to see each other again after ten years. After all, my colleagues Waldemar and Kay had already paid a visit back then. We quickly got talking about the history of Retal. One particular impression: my first major visit abroad with PETplanet 25 years ago also took me to Retal - at that time still in Dnipro, Ukraine. It was moving to hear that the company continues to operate despite the war and has moved its headquarters closer to Kyiv to meet the challenges of the current times. My trip ended with a meeting with César Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of MachinePoint. He founded his company at the same time as I launched PETplanet. Over the years, he has led MachinePoint through all the ups and downs and developed it into a profitable trading centre for used machines with comprehensive service backup, now employing 50 people. I still remember my early days when I was also involved with used machines for PETplanet - but the business was far less dynamic back then. Instead of structured markets, there were often only dusty halls in which discarded machines waited for new owners. During these intensive discussions, the topic of sustainability also took on a different dimension. It is also valuable to pause and look back - on developments that have had a lasting impact on us and on people who have accompanied us along the way. Yours, Alexander Büchler PS: The new Circular Economy 2025 tour reports will start in one of our coming issues! Dear readers,
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