NEKTON GmbH
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
Pet industry manufacturer and supplier
NEKTON GmbH is listed as a manufacturer in the official Interzoo exhibitor search. Its product classifications include 6. Articles for aviary birds 2. Terraria 3. Articles for dogs 4. Articles for cats 6. Articles for aviary birds > 6.3. Health, treatment, OTC for aviary birds 2. Terraria > 2.5. Health, treatment, OTC for terraria 6. Articles for aviary birds > 6.2. Food, trea. The company profile states About NEKTON Your Partner for Healthy Pet Nutrition Expertise Driven by Passion - Since 1978 NEKTON is a family-owned company founded in 1967 by Günter Enderle. Originally a specialized store for the pet trade, it developed into an internationally active import and export business for live animals o.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Role not established by any record
- Location
- Keltern, Germany
- Founded
- Not established: our records disagree. 1978 in the founding-year field of our catalogue record; 1967 in the description text of our catalogue record.
- Website
- https://nekton.de
- Categories
- Pet Food & Treats, Pet Care & Accessories, Veterinary Products & Animal Health
- Markets
- Germany
Listed in a source registry
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 1 official record from 1 official source is on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. Screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance. checked 2026-08-15. OpenSanctions
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. Screened by name only: no legal entity is established for this record, so this is not a clearance. checked 2026-08-15. OpenSanctions
- EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-22. VIES (European Commission)
Profiles
Import rules for these goods
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)
Goods family established: Pet Food & Treats (the company's own text), Pet Care & Accessories (the company's own text). The exact product, operation and trade route needed to determine a product-specific requirement are not established here. Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Veterinary Products & Animal Health: no record or company text names goods of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.
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