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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 employeees would be moving in October to the Masonbusinesse park, where other personalo health care divisions of P&G and more than 2,00 0 employees are housed. “It will make it easier to collaborate andincreas productivity,” Parlett said. Nobodgy will be laid of as a result ofthe company’z current headquarters On Poe Avenue closing. Instead, all 240 employeesa will be offered there same positionin Mason. P&G acquired Iams in 1999. Since then, saless of its Iams and Eukanuba brands have more than according tothe company.
“Ourt home address is changing but not our commitment to improvinvthe well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’as pet care business in North in a statement released Thursday. “Itf anything, this will help us do an even betted job of connecting with our colleagues in health care to bring greart innovation topet care.” A company spokespersonb confirmed that 250 employees at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturiny and R&D complex in Preblwe County will not be part of the move. The news of the move came as a surprisse to Vandaliaofficials Thursday, who said they had been working vigilantly behind the scenes to keep Iams local.
“When P&bG purchased Iams, we knew at that point this was a possibilityysome day,” said Rich Hopkins, director of communications for the city. “Bugt we are surprised today that the announcement was Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employerwsin Vandalia, though he could not say how much incom e was generated by the company. The city will have a presd conference at3 p.m. Thursday to further discusws the implications ofthe move. the community is still pursuing two includingan $81 million distributioj center, which would bring 700 jobs and New-Yorjk based aerospace company that coulcd bring 130 jobs. “This is bad news for any Hopkins said.
“We have two projects in the pipelines now that could bring up to 900 employees tothe city, so it’sz not all gloom and doom here.”