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Maxi Zoo Ireland acquires Equipet

up more than 50 locations in the NEW
long term,” said Sven Girmendonk,
regional operations officer of the The
country manager of Maxi Zoo Ire- perfect
catch
Fressnapf Group. Enrico De Luca,
Photo: Conor Healy land, added: “Equipet is a com- for yo r
pany we have always respected
for its high standards in the mar-
kets and its quality.” Prior to the
Delighted with the successful signing (from left): Tim Cummins, Ian cations, 92 employees and an on- chaser
McCaffrey, Enrico De Luca (country manager Maxi Zoo Ireland), Martin acquisition, Equipet had eight lo-
Kennedy and Malachy Byrne.
Maxi Zoo Ireland has announced an online shop. Both companies line shop. Directors Ian McCaffrey,
the acquisition of all stores and have agreed not to disclose finan- Malachy Byrne and Martin Kennedy
the online shop of Equipet. As a cial details of the acquisition. worked closely with Maxi Zoo Ire-
result of this acquisition, Maxi Zoo “Our goal is to double our annual land for several months before the
Ireland now operates 29 shops na- turnover of more than 30 mio euros acquisition was officially com-
tionwide with 285 employees and in the medium term and to build pleted on 1 November.

Interzoo expected to go ahead as planned

The world-leading Interzoo show is
expected to take place as planned
from 24 to 27 May in Nuremberg.
On behalf of the organiser, the
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoologis-
cher Fachbetriebe, NürnbergMesse
has sent the following e-mail to all
exhibitors:

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and the provision of testing capac- count the prognoses of virologists that we have taken the correct
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