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 Miriam Trotter 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. 10/25 www.petpla.net Drinktec has regained its position as the leading trade fair for the beverage industry. After a rather weak start following Covid in 2022, around 10% more exhibitors showed visitors their innovations. The number of visitors rose by 20% to just under 60,000. The raw material situation in the PET market was a key topic. The high price of recycled PET (rPET) compared to virgin PET is causing considerable uncertainty. Many bottlers now only use the prescribed minimum amount of rPET, as a voluntarily higher proportion make little commercial sense. It has also been reported that rPET plants have already been partially shut down. This development is seen as a backward step for the circular economy and raises questions about investment security in the recycling sector. The trade disputes and high tariffs imposed by the USA are also weighing on the industry. In particular, the punitive tariffs under the Trump administration are leading to noticeable uncertainty and a shift in the markets, as international supply chains and sales markets are losing stability. China appears to be benefiting from the uncertainty. This applies both to Chinese suppliers of machinery and systems, who are looking for replacement markets for the USA, and to Western system manufacturers, who see great potential in China. On our 2026 Editour through China, we will take a look at the market on site. Yours, Alexander Büchler Dear readers, Snapshots from drinktec 2025 - the PETplanet booth in action
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