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New distribution centre
Personnel
The leading UK pet retailer Pets at on a 128-acre site in Stafford
The aquatics and pond supplies company Home is investing 48 mio GBP in North Business Park, close to
JBL witnessed a change of leadership at the construction of a new ware- the M6 motorway. More than
the start of the year. The third generation of house and distribution centre. It 800 people will be employed at
the family took over the reins, ensuring the is scheduled to open next year the new centre.
continued existence of JBL as a family firm.
On 4 January, Stella Kaltenmeier-Böhme Growth exceeds expectations
(photo with her father Roland Böhme) was
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appointed managing director of the company, which was estab- overall results show that its sales
lished in 1960. Her father, Roland Böhme, succeeded his father, amounted to 452 mio euros
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company founder Joachim Böhme, at the helm in 1991 and will (2019: 401 mio euros). Sales in
support his daughter as strategy director. Her two brothers are ... natural healthy! German stores increased from
also partners in the company. One of the primary aims of Stella 361 mio euros in the previous year
Kaltenmeier-Böhme is to expand digitalisation at the company, In 2020, German speciality re- to 406.5 mio euros, equivalent to
according to a press release. tail group Das Futterhaus expe- a rise of 12.6 per cent. The Aus-
rienced its biggest sales growth trian stores surpassed this growth
in recent years, with an increase rate, with sales growing by 14.1
Joseph R. Sivewright is to leave his posi-
of 12.7 per cent. The company’s per cent to 45.9 mio euros.
tion as chief executive officer at Nestlé Pu-
rina Petcare for the Americas and will be
appointed chairman. Nina Leigh Krueger
will succeed him as CEO and president of
Nestlé Purina Petcare for the Americas.
Krueger currently serves as president of
Nestlé Purina Petcare US.
Nina Leigh Krueger, a 27-year Purina veteran, will become
the eighth CEO in the company’s history and Purina's first fe-
male CEO. Joseph R. Sivewright has served as Nestlé Purina
for the Americas CEO since 2015 and has been a major part of
the success of Ralston Purina and Nestlé Purina since joining 16 new stores were opened in 2020, including two in Austria. This brings the
the company in 1985. number of Das Futterhaus stores to 351 in Germany and 42 outlets in Austria.

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Fresh Frozen.
Purina to expand pet food factory
• • • • • Frostfutter EURO, Flat Pak, Blister
• • • Artemia GOLDEN GATE, SV 2000, RUTO frozen fishfood, DISKUS-QUICK, Vertrieb Deutschland
• • • DiscusColor / Discus ProfiMenue, Superfisch 10 / Supergrow …
Nestlé Purina Petcare will invest ment to invest 320 mio dollars • Trockenfutter • Filter und Strömungspumpen
Tabletten, Sticks, Artemia Eier
SACEM, FRIEDRICH,
550 mio dollars in expanding its and employ 240 people by 2023. Royal Premium, … SEEROSE-Teichpumpen …
• Aquarientechnik • Filtermaterial und PVC-Fittings
pet food manufacturing facility in As a result of growing demand Belüftung, Wasseraufbereitung, UV-Teichklärer, Bactoballs, Filterschaumstoff …
Meß- und Regeltechnik … • Aquariensysteme
Hartwell, Georgia, creating up to for Purina's high-quality and nu- AQUAMEDIC – Osmoseanlagen, Eiweiß- AQUA MEDIC – Meerwasseraquarien, Flakes, Pellets,
abschäumer, Nitratfilter, CO 2 -Steuerung, NISSO-Komplettaquarien … Nibblers
130 jobs. The expansion comes tritious pet care brands, the facil- Hi-Blow Durchlüfter-Kompressoren, • Wasseraufbereitung … Spirulina,
AB – CO 2 -Anlage, JÄGER, SCHEGO,
Brine Shrimp,
Cichlid, VividColor
Algenbekämpfungsmittel …
SCL-Seitenkanalgebläse …
just one year after the factory's ity is expanding to add process- • Beleuchtung • Heil-und Pflegepräparate
• Deko-Material …
INTERPET – TRITON, OSRAM, SYLVANIA,
grand opening in November 2019. ing, packaging and warehouse AB – 13.000 Kelvin HQI-Brenner, T5, • Verpackungsmittel Leerdosen
HQL-Leuchtmittel, Spezial-Reflektoren … • Fachliteratur …
In 2017, Purina announced capacity, for a total of 870 mio
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Großhandel – Lieferung nur an Wiederverkäufer, gewerbl. Züchter und Institute
tory in Hartwell, with a commit- ny's Hartwell operations. Frozen & Dry Fishfood · Aquarium Products · www.fimoe-aquaristik.de
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