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Montego expands its supply chain Tomra targeting continued
strong growth
Montego Pet Nutrition, which said Johann Kotze, supply chain
claims to be Africa’s biggest pri- executive at Montego. Together At its capital market day in Mül-
vately-owned manufacturer of pet with a fleet of 110 vehicles, the
heim-Kärlich on 23 June, Tomra
food, has recently acquired nine new depots will ensure that the
presented plans to accelerate its
independent depots in Pretoria, 100 000 tonnes of pet food pro- advance to a sustainable future
Kapstadt, Durban, Gqeberha, duced annually gets safely and and to double sales within five
East London, Bloemfontein, Bar- efficiently to the customers. years. The company is a leading
kley East, Naboomspruit and Er- manufacturer of sensor-based
melo. The company is also going
sorting systems for the food and
to take on over 100 employees of pet food industry. A press re-
the previous owner. lease states that “the company’s

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Tomra’s strategy builds on investment in innovation and se-
The pet food manufacturer organic growth in its core busi- curing the resilience of the sup-
aims to optimise its supply ness, focusing on positioning ply chain.
chains further to take account of
for new stores operating reus- Based in Asker, Norway,
the rapid growth and increased
able solutions, the use of tech- Tomra is marking its 50th anni-
customer demand over the last nology to increase recycling, the versary this year. It has reported
18 months. “The depots are Johann Kotze, supply chain expansion and optimisation of sales of 1.05 bn euros and cur-
sited in strategic locations with executive at Montego: “These steps food sorting in various catego- rently employs 4 600 people.
were necessary to enable us to
central points in every province produce and supply retailers ries and regions and continuing
to maximise delivery efficiency,” smoothly.”

Over 130 delegates at Fediaf in Brussels

On 22 and 23 June, the European The two-day event featured both presidency. The newly elected Europe, Middle East, North Africa
pet food industry association, Fe- internal sessions for Fediaf mem- president is Rosa Carbonell, (Emena) at Nestlé Purina.
diaf, convened its first live confer- bers and a conference that was head of the Vet Advocacy Team
ence and extraordinary general open to a wider audience. After
meeting after two years of the two years of virtual meetings,
pandemic. In addition to pres- members were also finally able
entation of the annual report, a to celebrate the 50th anniversary
new explanatory video and a new of the association together.
website, the conference welcomed The Fediaf members adopted
high-calibre speakers addressing a new constitution for the asso-
central topics such as sustaina- ciation and elected new repre-
bility and the future of pet owning. sentatives for the board and the
Over 130 delegates from a executive committee. While re-
number of European countries maining treasurer of the associ-
attended the conference and ation and a member of its board, Fediaf reconvened its general meeting for the first time in two years
general meeting in Brussels. Annet Palamba relinquished the following the pandemic.

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