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Zoomark Events

There were some interesting
presentations for groomers.

petitors, Marchioro and Hydor. of Belgium, with a range of new the small animal food line Coun-
An innovative presentation was products in its House of Brands try and aquarium decoration
also offered by the Laroy Group extending from dog leashes via under the Aqua D’ Ella brand to
fashionable dog and cat acces-
Good omens for a successful Interzoo sories. Other companies pre-
sented their new products from
The pet sector is enthusiastic about appearing at trade shows again, as emphasised by Gordon the last two years, which had
Bonnet, managing director of ZZF and Interzoo organiser WZF, at a press conference at Zoomark In- not been shown at any physical
ternational in Bologna. One indication of this is the high visitor attendance at Zoomark, along with international trade show pre-
the fact that 1 090 exhibitors from 61 countries have already signed up for the world-leading fair in viously on account of the pan-
Nuremberg from 24 to 27 May. This number is only ten per cent lower than for the last Interzoo in demic and thus met with con-
2018, which was the most successful edition in the history of the fair to date. There is still plenty of siderable interest from the trade.
time perhaps to even surpass this figure. They signalled that new products
Dr Rowena Arzt, head of the fairs division of WZF, saw this in Bologna as a clear sign of the conti- and lines would only be exhibited
nued significance of trade shows for the pet sector. She is pleased about the registration of a large at Interzoo, the world-leading fair
number of country pavilions already by Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and in Nuremberg.
the Czech Republic. Arzt also highlighted the high number of start-up companies at the forthcoming In addition to networking,
Interzoo, which will have a substantial programme of accompanying events as well as a digital event Zoomark International offered
staged in parallel. plenty of opportunities for com-
municating information and ex-
changing views on current top-
ics in the sector. To this end, the
organiser had provided an exten-
sive programme of seminars and
workshops on subjects ranging
from new grooming techniques
to new country markets such as
Romania, Poland and Hungary.
The established Aqua Project in a
separate exhibition area featured
imaginatively designed aquari-
ums and aquatic landscapes.
The next Zoomark International
(From left): Gianpiero Calzolari (president of Bologna Fiere), Gordon Bonnet (managing director of ZZF and is to be staged in Bologna once
WZF), Dr Rowena Arzt (head of fairs division, WZF) and ZZF president Norbert Holthenrich were pleased with
the success of Zoomark International and look forward with confidence to Interzoo. more in May 2023.
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