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Article: Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.
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- International Directory of Company Histories
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Hill
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s Pet Nutrition, Inc.
400 S.W. 8th Street
Topeka, Kansas 66601-0148
U.S.A.
(785) 354-8523
(800) 445-5777
Fax: (785) 368-5915
Web site:
http://www.hillspet.com
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive Company
Incorporated:
1935 as Hill
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s Packing Co.
Employees:
2,500
Sales:
$965.3 million (1997)
SICs:
2047 Dog and Cat Food; 5047 Medical and Hospital Equipment
Hill
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s Pet Nutrition, Inc. pioneered and developed the concept of clinical nutrition
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the idea that pets with diseases could be treated nutritionally. A subsidiary of conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive, Hill
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s is the leader in the premium pet food industry. Although Hill
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s does make food for such ...