Royal Canin to open EUR 50 million pet food factory

On Thursday the company is to sign a framework agreement for the construction of the plant with construction works to begin in February. "We plan that the factory will begin to operate in 2007. It will be the most modern Royal Canin plant in the world which will produce specialist food for cats and dogs from raw materials used in products intended for human consumption," declared Laurent Devillers, the director of Royal Canin Polska. The Mayor of Niepołomice Stanisław Kracik stated that the concern will cooperate with local farmers and subcontractors such as packaging producers. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) E.B.