Colgate-Palmolive Company Invests in Growth of its Hill's Pet Nutrition Business with Agreement to Buy Three Manufacturing Plants from Red Collar Pet Foods
Colgate-Palmolive Company plans to purchase three dry pet food manufacturing plants in the U.S. from Red Collar Pet Foods for $700 million to support the global growth of its Hill's Pet Nutrition business.
The plants - in Orangeburg, South Carolina; Clinton, Oklahoma; and Washington Court House, Ohio - will be integrated into Hill's global supply network to produce dry pet food for Hill's Science Diet and Prescription Diet brands. The purchase agreement includes the transfer of the approximately 350 employees involved in the dry pet food operations.
Hill's is currently building a new canned pet food manufacturing facility in Tonganoxie, Kansas, scheduled to begin production next year, and
