News from the pet industry

Number 9

New Viridea garden centre

The Italian garden centre operator Viridea has opened its ninth store in Arese in the Lombardy region. With over 5 400 m2 of covered sales area, the garden centre is located in a new shopping centre with in a prominent …

News26. April 2016

Finland

Musti ja Mirri chosen as franchising chain of 2016

Musti ja Mirri, the largest pet supply chain in the Nordic countries, has been chosen as the best franchising chain of the 2016 …

News26. April 2016

Pet food

ECI Partners acquires a majority stake in MPM

The UK-based private equity firm ECI Partners has acquired a majority stake in the British premium pet food company MPM, in order to …

News22. April 2016

Saint-Petersburg

New format of Zoosphere

Zoosphere 2016 is the new format of the well-known pet industry event, held on 24-26 November in Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in …

News22. April 2016

Personnel change

New vice president at R2P Pet

Bill Sieber has been named as Vice President of Sales Pet Specialty by the US-based pet product manufacturer R2P Pet. Sieber brings more than 15 years…

News22. April 2016

On 11 and 12 October

Nestlé Purina PetCare at the International Pet Conference

The organisers of the International Pet Conference have succeeded in securing Kerstin Schmeiduch from pet food …

News21. April 2016

Staff reinforcement

World Feeds with a new fish specialist

Alan Hodgson is new additional manager at the UK-based company World Feeds. He will focus exclusively on promoting its extensive Vitalis …

News18. April 2016

Nestlé takes stock

Pet products performing well

Nestlé has published details of its business performance after the first three months of 2016. According to these, the food retailer has recorded …

News18. April 2016

Nearly sold-out

PATS Telford gets ready

With still over five months to go before opening its doors to visitors, PATS Telford is set to be a "sell out" event with 81 per cent of stand …

News18. April 2016

Packaging

B + K UK targets pet food

In the last 15 years, the focus of production at the British subsidiary of the Bischof + Klein Group (B+K) has gradually shifted from packaging solutions …

News7. April 2016