Heather Pasquale is Royal Canin’s new U.S. vet business unit head

Royal Canin, a billion-dollar brand of pet care and human snacks conglomerate Mars, Inc, has named Heather Pasquale general manager of the U.S. veterinary business unit for Royal Canin North America, effective July 1. Pasquale succeeds Jean-Lin Pelatan, who was named general manager, global business-to-business platform, at the Royal Canin global headquarters in Aimargues, France. Pasquale, who will also serve as a member of the Royal Canin North America leadership team, will be responsible for...

Royal Canin to serve smaller packs of pet food in India

France-based pet food manufacturer and supplier Royal Canin, which opened a high-end packaging plant at a cost of about Rs100 crore in Bhiwandi near Bombay in April, aims to deliver smaller packages targeted at Indian consumers, a report in The Hindu Businessline newspaper said. Satinder Singh, managing director of Royal Canin (India), told the paper that Indian consumers prefer to buy pet food in smaller packs. “About 85% of packs (sold here) are less than...

Royal Canin opens its first pet food packaging plant in India

Pet food manufacturer Royal Canin opened Asia’s second largest fully operational packaging plant at Bhiwandi, about 50 km from Bombay, at an investment of ₹100 crore last week, the French company said in a press release. The state-of-the-art packaging centre, marking Royal Canin’s maiden venture in India, is equipped with automatic packing machines and essential utilities to convert bulk products into retail packs tailored to meet the requirements of Indian pet owners, the company said....