The company’s second-quarter and six-month earnings show incremental improvements in input, logistics and quality costs.

More than 200 employees will be laid off in October, according to Iowa’s WARN system.

The company has raised its full-year guidance to reflect positive expectations for the future of its Hill’s Pet Nutrition business.

Capacity constraints continue to impact real internal growth for the company’s PetCare business.

From December 2022 to June 2023, Pet Food Processing covered 37 announcements on new facilities, expansions and investments.

The new facility launches the company’s new Research and Exploration Services business unit.

The acquisition is expected to support the company’s Specialty Product Division, which supplies ingredients to the premium pet food sector.

The facility is equipped with product transfer systems from AHS- and AMP-owned brands, including Cablevey, Spiroflow Systems, Marion Mixers, and Kason Corporation.

The company’s new plant will produce plant-based, non-GMO, natural ingredients.