PETS International magazine 2017 March

The pet care market in Poland is a dynamic industry; with global market research company Euromonitor observing an increase in premium pet food sales and a significant rise in the number of e-consumers.

Good website design is a must today, and the front door of your website is the homepage. Many businesses struggle to optimize it properly, so here are a few useful guidelines. 

The theme of the GlobalPets Forum 2017, held this year in Warsaw, Poland, was ‘the nature of pet business’. In relation to this topic, Trend Strategist and Futurist Richard Lamb, managing partner at TrendWatcher.com Future Agency, sketches today’s fast-changing world and how the pet business can adapt to it in a proactive way.

Miavit is a family-guided company at the heart of animal nutrition in Europe and worldwide. The veterinarian Dr. H.W. Niemeyer started his business 50 years ago with a primary focus in mind: Prevention instead of medication. His company began by producing premixes for the feed industry. 

How to measure texture in dry kibble.

Physical quality is defined as the ability of dry kibble to react to mechanical stress. Many factors affect physical pellet quality; however the greatest effect is due to the selection and quality of raw materials.* Physical pellet quality is also affected by different parameters to those that affect raw material quality, through the entire chain to transport and storage. 

What is physical testing of dry pet food and why bother?

Manufacturing pet food consists of various processes and technologies needed to shape a polymerized network of nutrients into a solid matrix (pellets). These processes increase both the nutritional value and the physical properties related to mash handling, while improving bulk density and reducing dust content in the pet food. 

Farm Food is a family-owned business run by Gerrit de Weerd and his wife. With a team of 22 people, including their two sons, their mission is to get the Farm Food brand and its natural products to a leading position in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond.

Beijing Makar Pets Products Co. Ltd. was founded in 2002. Today, Makar has become one of the pet industry’s leading providers of high-quality and highly comfortable pet products.

In an ever-expanding cat food and treat portfolio, innovation is more critical than ever. Dr. George Collings shares his insights on the matter.

Looking at things from a different perspective and tackling problems in another way, so as not to stagnate, are deeply rooted in the culture of the German aquatics company Dennerle.

South American countries are testing out the parcticalities and benefits of listing indigenous fish species on the CITES appendix III. Many new species have come under CITES regulation, which is intended to protect them in the wild.

Jinjiang Qimei Gifts and Pets Industries Co. Ltd. is an aquarium and pet products manufacturing company, that was established in Jinjing city, Fujian province, China, in 1993 by the Malaysian-owned company KW Zone Group.

Soft structure, high hydrostability, good digestibility and an abundance of nutrients are the most important qualities of Soft Line aquarium foods by the Polish manufacturer Tropical. Extrusion technology used in their production has made it possible to obtain quality parameters never seen in fish food before.

If we want to continue to keep fish as pets, it is vital that the ornamental fish industry takes appropriate action and starts considering the planet.

The robot fish designed by the Korean company AIRO manoeuvre and swim almost the same as real fish. We spoke to AIRO’s president Oh Dragon about their MIRO robot fish. 

AQUAEL has been manufacturing everything required for setting up and maintaining a freshwater aquarium or a garden pond. Its major product groups include aquarium filters, heaters, lids with inbuilt lighting, fully equipped aquarium sets, and aerators. The company places a special emphasis on innovation technological solutions.

At the end of 2016, Erwin Van Tendeloo and the Laroy Group reached an agreement with the administrator regarding the purchase of stock and trade fund from the bankrupt Karlie Flamingo Belgium. A new company was then established. The management of Flamingo Pet Products is now in the hands of Guy Toremans and Erwin van Tenderloo. An interview with Guy Toremans, the new CEO of Flamingo Pet Products.

West Paw is a business that brings people and pets together. From the beginning, our business vision was modest but profound: to manufacture our own products and sell them to pet stores that appreciate toys and beds with excellent quality and design, while also being environmentally friendly.