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celled their originally planned
attendance at very short notice,
although the gaps this caused in
the exhibition halls were skilfully
camouflaged by seating areas or
plants so that they didn’t appear
conspicuous.
Among more than 450 exhibi-
tors from 44 countries were many
well-known companies from the
pet sector with stands of their 1
own. Most of them appeared de-
lighted to be permitted to have
direct contact with their custom-
ers once again and to become
acquainted with potential new
business partners. Even if lead-
ing Italian pet food manufac turers
such as Monge and Farmina Pet
Foods demonstrated with their
imposing stands who the top
dogs are in Italy, the trade show
was thoroughly international. 60
per cent of the companies exhibit-
ing came from outside Italy, with
virtually all of the best-known Eu-
ropean wholesalers and store
chains being represented in Bo-
logna. Stringent hygiene regu-
lations, wide aisles in the fair 2
halls and large distances bet-
3
ween the individual stands were
a prerequisite for ensuring that
people could visit the show safely.

Plenty of new products
Many companies took the op-
portunity to offer new products
in Bologna. The Swiss accessory 1 For more than a few visitors, the
specialist Curli even unveiled a discussions on the fringes of the show
world first, a dog harness that it were as important as stand viewings.
claimed confidently would raise
2 The country pavilions of Great Britain
the benchmark to a new level. and the USA were not as large this time
The Italian pet product firm Fer- as before the pandemic on account of
plast focused on range expan- the coronavirus.
sions made possible by the 3 Some of the visitors to the fair were
acquisition of two former com- of the four­legged variety.

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