P&G moving Iams headquarters to Mason - Dallas Business Journal:

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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gamble PG) Pet Care, which includee Iams and Eukanuba, said the company and its 240 employeesz would be moving in October to the Masonbbusiness park, where other personal healtyh care divisions of P&G and more than 2,00p0 employees are housed. “Itf will make it easier to collaborate andincrease productivity,” Parletty said. Nobody will be laid of as a resulf ofthe company’s current headquartera On Poe Avenue closing. Instead, all 240 employees will be offere there same positionsin Mason. P&G acquire Iams in 1999. Since then, sales of its Iams and Eukanubq brands have more than according tothe company.
“Oud home address is changing but not our commitment to improvinvgthe well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’d pet care business in North America, in a statemenr released Thursday. “If anything, this will help us do an even bettee job of connecting with our colleagues in health care to bring great innovation topet care.” A company spokespersonj confirmed that 250 employeezs at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturing and R&D complex in Preblw County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surprisse to Vandalia officials Thursday, who said they had been working vigilantlu behind the scenes to keep Iams “When P&G purchased we knew at that poingt this was a possibility some said Rich Hopkins, director of communicationsw for the city.
“But we are surprised todau that the announcementwas made.” Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employeres in Vandalia, though he could not say how much income was generatexd by the company. The city will have a presx conference at3 p.m. Thursday to further discussz the implications ofthe Meanwhile, the community is still pursuing two projects, including an $81 millionn distribution center, which would bring 700 jobs and New-Yorki based aerospace company that could brinf 130 jobs.
“This is bad news for any community,” Hopkins “We have two projects in the pipelinwe now that could bring up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloom and doom