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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gamble PG) Pet Care, which includes Iams and said the company and its 240 employeee would be moving in October to the Masonhbusiness park, where othetr personal health care divisions of P&G and more than 2,0000 employees are housed. “It will make it easier to collaborate andincrease productivity,” Parlett Nobody will be laid of as a resulrt of the company’s current headquarters On Poe Avenue closing. Instead, all 240 employeezs will be offered there same positionsin P&G acquired Iams in 1999. Since then, sale of its Iams and Eukanubaw brands have more than according tothe company.
“Our home addresz is changing but not our commitment to improvingthe well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’s pet care busineses in North America, in a statement releasecd Thursday. “If anything, this will help us do an even better job of connectingt with our colleagues in health care to bring great innovation topet care.” A company spokesperson confirmef that 250 employees at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturinb and R&D complex in Preble County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surprisde to Vandalia officials Thursday, who said they had been working vigilantly behind the scenes to keep Iams local.
“Whenh P&G purchased Iams, we knew at that point this was a possibilityysome day,” said Rich Hopkins, director of communicationse for the city. “But we are surpriserd today that the announcement was Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employers in though he could not say how much incomwe was generated bythe company. The city will have a press conference at3 p.m. Thursday to further discusw the implications ofthe move. Meanwhile, the communit y is still pursuing two includingan $81 million distribution center, which would brin 700 jobs and New-York based aerospacse company that could bringt 130 jobs. “This is bad news for any community,” Hopkinsd said.
“We have two projects in the pipelin e now that could bring up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloom and doom here.”