Nuremberg Interzoo 2016
Editorial: Nuremberg Interzoo 2016 The 34th edition of Nurnberg
Interzoo is just ended. Flying back home we are thinking about our usual editorial to go insight this event ( qui potete leggere il nostro editoriale in italiano). Interzoo is not a normal fair. It is not an event where you go only to be there. In fact, the biggest companies wait for this event to show their muscles and their best products, often in demo version, to make a good impression on the market and try to dominate it. All the new trends are shown here.But before talking about products, we can analyses all the trends we noticed along stands and pavilions. We already said that total attendance was of 39.000, but we also must talk about the 13 on 17 pavilions used and the1389 exhibiting companies of which 378 working on aquariums market.
The fair confirmed the led supremacy, as natural method to light aquariums, both for fresh and marine water. It has also confirmed the use of adjustable pumps (not all only at direct current, as we will see) and moved the focus on the apps, in our opinion the real new trend for 2016. Each company tried to show a way to control aquarium, pumps, ceilings, via apps, dedicated or web based, but all presented one to link together one or more products. For example we can see here Aqamai, AquaMedic, Aquatronica, Dennerle, Philips, Rossmont, Seneye, Sicce, Tunze and Zetlight.
At the end of the fair, as usual is time to take stock of the situation. I was very impressed by the organization – because this was my first Interzoo – that showed his accuracy and punctuality, by the big spaces and by the number of stands as well. I am not only speaking about aquariology, that we examined specifically, but all the others as well. A lot of gadget, pet objects, going from dog and cat blankets to weird things. How you can avoid to smile in front of a beer chicken flavored? Yes, chicken, because dogs are mad about it! And it is alcool free so there aren’t any problem to drive..
Joking aside, but my first experience in Nurnberg left me a lot of positive sensation, even if with a bit of sadness because of the absence of big aquariology company (such as LgmAcquari, Xaqua, OceanLife etc) that we would like to see at the fair.
This is my personal top chart about the news of this fair:
3° place goes to the modular lamps DayTime produced by the German company Waltron, not only because they are equipped with a good control system (now common to most of the LED lamps), but for the variety of modules that allow a total configuration by the user, ease of assembly and the final light yield which seemed definitely a good standard. I really hope to have the opportunity to test these lighting systems better in the near future; we will still have opportunity to tell you more about it in a future article.
2nd place in my opinion should be assigned to the new type of glue for corals or rocks, already seen at the Animal Show in Rimini, it was very successful at the fair, it has been presented as novelty for four companies, such asATI , DVH Aquatic, Grotech, and Preis. We well speak better about later, but in the meantime I can certainly say that it is very nice to finally have a product easy to use, with no-mess in the tank and completely non-toxic for animals, it is valid replacement to the old two-component adhesives which, in my opinion, are less comfortable.
First place I put definitely the new skimmers made by Skimz. A line of really interesting products that uses skimming ellipsoidal section rooms to reduce the size in the sump and that, according to the manufacturer, should maintain the same characteristics of the skimming of the considerations and certainly more bulky circular skimmers.
The big LED headlights of 150 to 500 W were interesting as well, they are designed to public aquarium and they can replace metal halide lamps of 400 and 1000 W. I saw these headlights at Pacific Sun and Maxspect stand, but other company such as Aqua Medic sell them.
Finally, the DeJong Marinelife reef aquarium absolutely deserved to be seen and photographed. In addition to the incredible variety of species of coral and fish and decoration, I was impressed by the square basic form of the tank with the impressive lighting consists of 16 LED by LANI ( by Triton world).
The Aqua Medic stand impressed me a lot. When I saw it I suddenly said: “Wow, I would have my marine aquarium with them!!!’’ All were beautiful, the LED headlight ceiling by Spectrum, Xenia tanks, EVO system for electric skimmer controller, the filling system tank of evaporated water and as well the bif quantity of accessories that they provide (such as a superfine microfiber cloth to clean the exterior of the tank glass …).
I was impressed as well by DayTime with their modular ceiling, because being modular you can buy individual components and accessories (of all types) to suit your size requirements, color and light power LED system. They are also aesthetically nice, the price is the only pity because it is not so cheap.
Finally, even if it is not an aquarium, I was fascinated by Biopod which is a self-sustaining ecosystem that replicates real-world environments where you can keep both reptiles fish but everything in a smart way. Via an app (on smartphones, tablets and computers) you can adjust all the parameters of temperature, humidity, ventilation and rainfall based on the needs of the plants and animals it contains.
Interzoo is the biggest fair in the world for the pet industry, it is really impressive with its exhibition area of about 115,000 square meters and the large number of visitors , about 1,800 exhibitors including manufacturers, wholesalers and service providers from many countries. Presenting products for domestic animals and innovative supplies for animals. This makes the fair a source of inspiration for the international pet industry, where the trade visitor and fails to get an overview of the global market of the latest products for the feeding of pets, grooming and pet accessories , birds, ornamental fish and terrarium animals.
