Economic Development
Mars Petcare US Inc.
| 630 North Derby Lane North Sioux City, SD 57049 |
| 605-232-2900 |
| http://www.marspetcare.com/ |
 Since The Iams Company purchased private label canned pet food manufacturer, Heartland Quality Foods, in May 1991, the canned pet food plant has grown into one of the most important manufacturing operations for the company. The Iams Heartland plant, located in North Sioux City, South Dakota, produces 100 percent of the canned products the company distributes worldwide, manufacturing more than 288 million cans of pet food each year. At the time of the acquisition, Heartland Quality Foods employed 66 people, but now employs more than 200 people, with more than 95 percent hired locally. The Iams Company, a unit of Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) since September 1999, sells Eukanuba® and Iams® premium dog and cat foods (dry and canned) in 77 countries. Iams employs more than 2,000 people, and has annual sales in excess of $1 billion. Iams is the leader in the premium pet food segment in the U.S. 
|
