Royal Canin builds new factories

The French pet food manufacturer Royal Canin achieved sales of € 742 mio last year, with sales outside France accounting for 80 per cent of this figure. 87 per cent of the company’s total sales derives from super premium products, which Royal Canin markets under the banner of health nutritional products. In 1994 this proportion was only 24 per cent. Royal Canin is currently growing with super premium products at a rate of 27.5 per cent per year, while the increase in sales of the company’s other products is comparatively small at 12 per cent.
The company operates seven production plants worldwide. Its latest addition is a pet food factory in Russia around 100 km north of Moscow, which went into production just recently. Another factory is to open in the UK this summer, with further plants to follow soon in Canada and Poland. New facilities are also planned in the medium to long term in Asia and Central and North America.