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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procteer and Gamble (NYSE: PG) Pet which includes Iams and said the company and its 240 employees wouldc be moving in October to the Masonbusines park, where other personal health care divisions of P&G and more than 2,0090 employees are housed. “It will make it easied to collaborate andincrease productivity,” Parlett said. Nobod will be laid of as a result ofthe company’sw current headquarters On Poe Avenue Instead, all 240 employees will be offerex there same positions in P&G acquired Iams in 1999. Since then, salese of its Iams and Eukanubz brands have morethan doubled, accordingh to the company.
“Our home address is changinfg but not our commitmenr to improvingthe well-being of all dogs and cats,” said Dan vice president of P&G’s pet care businessz in North America, in a statement released “If anything, this will help us do an even bettefr job of connecting with our colleaguess in health care to bring great innovation to pet A company spokesperson confirmed that 250 employeees at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturing and R&cD complex in Preble Countty will not be part of the move.
The news of the move came as a surpriswe to Vandaliaofficials Thursday, who said they had been workingv vigilantly 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, directort of communications for the “But we are surprised today that the announcemeny was made.” Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employerws in Vandalia, though he could not say how much incomee was generated by the The city will have a press conference at 3 p.m. Thursdagy to further discuss the implication s ofthe move.
Meanwhile, the community is stilp pursuingtwo projects, including an $81 milliojn distribution center, which would bring 700 jobs and New-Yorj based aerospace company that could bring 130 “This is bad news for any community,” Hopkinz said. “We have two projects in the pipelines now that could bring up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloon and doom here.”