Amid a rising demand for its output, Polish pet meals firm Canine Plate is making efforts in its manufacturing capacities, and advancing plans so as to add new merchandise to its rising vary, in keeping with a senior firm consultant.
“In terms of Canine Plate, in 2025, we proceed to put emphasis on growing our processing capacities to match the demand of our purchasers. With this in thoughts, we’re scaling up our automation, testing new machines that may improve our manufacturing processes,” Agata Czerwińska, the managing director of Canine Plate, instructed Petfoodindustry.com.
The managing director mentioned that Canine Plate is planning to buy a lot of new machines for its manufacturing facility.
“The demand for our Premium product line is growing and this makes us very completely satisfied,” she mentioned. “In 2024, we launched pet meals underneath the Gastro+ model, each for cats and canine, which have confirmed to be an enormous success. They’re based mostly on very uncommon kangaroo meat which may be very low-fat, and that is in all probability why it’s so in style.”
Along with this, Canine Plate has rolled out merchandise with pet meals with goat meat underneath the Hypoallergic line for canine and Allergic for cats.
“For canine, we’ve moreover produced Gastro pet meals with venison meat,” in keeping with Czerwińska. “All of those merchandise are designed to serve probably the most fragile stomachs to make sure their correct functioning.”
This yr, Canine Plate is aiming to roll out three new pet meals merchandise for puppies, and in addition three merchandise for kittens, with pending check outcomes.
“In 2025, we additionally wish to launch two new product traces: liquid veterinary merchandise for in-hospital remedy, and BARF,” in keeping with the managing director.
The Polish enterprise is headquartered in Swarzędz, within the nation’s western half, and operates a producing facility in Poznań, about 12 kilometers from its workplaces.
Croatian pet meals model ramps up international gross sales
Croatia’s Tvornica Dobre Hrane (Good Meals Manufacturing facility), the nation’s solely producer of extruded pet meals which operates underneath the model of Voli Voli, has managed to extend its exports to round 85 to 90 % of the agency’s gross sales. Inspired by the rising gross sales, the enterprise is investing in its manufacturing capacities, in keeping with senior firm representatives.
Alongside its rising gross sales in a lot of international markets, the Croatian producer can also be benefiting from the growing demand for its merchandise in its home market.
Croatia’s “pet meals market has been constantly rising since 2019. Between 2019 and 2022, it expanded by 4 % [annually], and it rose by 5.3 % in 2023,” Mario Lukić, the chief govt and co-owner of Tvornica Dobre Hrane, instructed native information website Lidermedia.hr.
“Manufacturing and gross sales are rising month after month, and we wish to set up ourselves because the main model of canine and cat meals within the home market,” in keeping with the agency’s CEO.
Voli Voli’s product vary is concentrated on dry meals for cats and canine. The corporate has carried out manufacturing actions since 2012.
In 2024, the Croatian enterprise allotted an estimated 85 to 90 % of its output to export gross sales, in keeping with its chief govt. A few of Voli Voli’s major international markets embody Italy, France, Greece, Poland, and Romania. Along with this, the corporate is presently holding talks to launch export gross sales to a lot of new European markets. These are to incorporate the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Slovakia.
“The present annual manufacturing capability [of Voli Voli’s plant] is 11,000 tons, however we’re working to extend the capability,” Lukić mentioned. “We imagine in our crew and within the high quality of our product. We study, develop and develop step by step.”
The Croatian firm is headquartered in Virovitica, within the nation’s north-eastern half.
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