Nestlé Purina PetCare

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The Nestlé Purina PetCare Germany GmbH is a subsidiary of Nestlé SA based in Euskirchen. The company was created through various mergers and acquisitions. Today, Nestlé Purina is one of the largest manufacturers of pet food. At 60 locations in 50 countries, 18,000 employees work.

History of the location Euskirchen

Albert bib dealt since 1900 with the production of dog biscuits. On March 11, 1905, he left the old sole leather tannery of his father in the commercial register and delete reported a dog biscuit and force feed factory as commercial in the town of Euskirchen. Simultaneously Since poultry feed was produced showed the first trademark a German mastiff in full profile, click on their backs a proud rooster stands. 1923 Albert died bib and the business was continued by his heirs.

After the Second World War, the company expanded. For the first time in 1946 under the new brand " bib " and cat food produced. In the 1950s the capacity was increased by the acquisition of an industrial blast furnace and a Trocken-/Fleischmischanlage to 12,000 tons per year. 1967-68 the present premises was built, because the capacity at the plant were no longer sufficient in the city center.

Due to the strong competition in the market, the company was taken over by the U.S. company Ralston Purina USA on September 1, 1971, erected in 1974 a canning factory to complete the product range. In 1980 the plant was expanded Euskirchener and increased its capacity to 80,000 tons per year.

In 1983, Ralston Purina withdrew from the European market and sold the company to the American company Quaker Oats. The Quaker bib GmbH has become the second largest pet food manufacturer in Germany.

In April 1995, the British company Spillers Pet Foods took over the pet division of the Quaker Oats Company. The company 's name was changed again to Spiller Germany GmbH. The Euskirchen retained the suffix " bib ".

1998 bought the Nestlé Group through its subsidiary Friskies the Spillers Pet Foods. With the merging of the headquarters of Gronau, near Augsburg was moved to Euskirchen, and Friskies Germany GmbH the second largest pet food manufacturers in Europe.

In 2001, Nestlé bought the company Ralston Purina. It was the Nestlé Purina PetCare Germany GmbH, which produces in Euskirchen, the only plant in Germany, with over 400 employees and dry food reward item.

Products of Nestlé Purina PetCare be distributed in Germany via the brands Beneful, Matzinger, Felix, Purina One, Gourmet, Pro Plan and Bonzo.