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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gamble PG) Pet Care, which includes Iams and said the company and its 240 employees would be movinhg in October to the Mason business where other personal healtbh care divisionsof P&G and more than 2,000 employeews are housed. “It will make it easier to collaborate and increase Parlett said. Nobody will be laid of as a result ofthe company’x current headquarters On Poe Avenue closing. all 240 employees will be offered there same positiondin Mason. P&G acquired Iams in 1999. Since sales of its Iams and Eukanuba brandsa have morethan doubled, according to the company.
“Oufr home address is changing but not our commitmenrt to improvingthe well-being of all dogs and cats,” said Dan vice president of P&G’s pet care business in North in a statement released Thursday. “If this will help us do an even better job of connectint with our colleagues in health care to bring great innovation topet care.” A company spokespersoj confirmed that 250 employees at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturinbg and R&D complex in Preble County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surprisr to Vandalia officials Thursday, who said they had been working vigilantly behindf the scenes to keep Iams local.
“Wheb P&G purchased Iams, we knew at that pointt this was a possibility some saidRich Hopkins, director of communication s for the city. “But we are surprised today that the announcemenfwas made.” Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employers in Vandalia, though he could not say how much income was generaterd by the company. The city will have a press conferenc at3 p.m. Thursday to further discuss the implicationd ofthe move. Meanwhile, the community is stilp pursuingtwo projects, includiny an $81 million distribution center, whichg would bring 700 jobs and New-York based aerospacr company that could brint 130 jobs. “This is bad news for any Hopkins said.
“We have two projectzs in the pipeline now that could brin up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all glook and doom here.”