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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gamble PG) Pet Care, which includes Iams and Eukanuba, said the company and its 240 employees would be moving in Octobet to the Mason business where other personal health care divisionsof P&G and more than 2,0000 employees are housed. “It will make it easier to collaboratew andincrease productivity,” Parlett said. Nobody will be laid of as a resul ofthe company’s current headquarters On Poe Avenure closing. Instead, all 240 employees will be offered there same positionsin Mason. P&G acquired Iams in 1999.
Since sales of its Iams and Eukanubza brands have more than according tothe “Our home address is changing but not our commitmenf to improving the well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’s pet care business in Northj America, in a statement released Thursday. “If anything, this will help us do an even better job of connecting with our colleagues in healtu care to bring great innovation to pet A company spokesperson confirmed that 250 employeew atthe Iams-Eukanuba manufacturing and R&D complec in Preble County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surprise to Vandaliaa officials Thursday, who said they had been working vigilantlt behind the scenes to keep Iams “When P&G purchased Iams, we knew at that point this was a possibility some day,” said Rich Hopkins, director of communications for the “But we are surprised today that the announcement was Hopkins said Iams was one of the top empl oyerds in Vandalia, though he could not say how much income was generated by the company.
The city will have a pressz conference at3 p.m. Thursdayt to further discuss the implications ofthe Meanwhile, the community is still pursuing two projects, includinf an $81 million distribution center, whicu would bring 700 jobs and New-Yoro based aerospace company that could brinvg 130 jobs. “This is bad news for any community,” Hopkinsz said. “We have two projects in the pipeline now that could bring up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloom and doom here.
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