- Recognizes USDA and Zoetis’ accomplishments to help America’s farmers produce safe, abundant food from healthy animals
- Highlights State of Michigan initiatives to create a positive business climate for companies to locate, expand and create new jobs in the state
- Highlights innovation that helps veterinarians and farmers better predict, prevent, detect and treat disease in animals
Zoetis
Inc. (NYSE:ZTS), the leading global animal health company, today
celebrated its fifth anniversary since becoming a public company by
hosting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Governor Rick
Snyder of Michigan for a special town hall meeting at the company’s
global research and development headquarters in Kalamazoo, Mich. Zoetis
Chief Executive Officer Juan Ramón Alaix; Dr. Catherine Knupp, Executive
Vice President and President, Research and Development; and Kristin
Peck, Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Operations, led the
event, which was attended by more than 500 colleagues.
The event was held to recognize the significant contributions Zoetis
makes to improve the health and productivity of livestock, defending
against the threats of foreign animal diseases, and helping pets live
longer, healthier lives, all of which bring value to society.
Zoetis CEO Juan Ramón Alaix thanked Secretary Perdue and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its effective oversight of vaccines
and biological therapeutics for animals. “We appreciate the leadership
of the USDA in providing a strong regulatory framework that promotes
innovation, and ensures the health and safety of animals as well as
people,” said Mr. Alaix. “USDA has paved the way for continuous
improvements in vaccine technology that help protect livestock and
companion animals from endemic diseases.”
Alaix expressed appreciation to Governor Rick Snyder for creating a
positive business climate that has made Michigan an attractive location
for Zoetis’ global research and development headquarters and one of the
largest manufacturing sites in its global manufacturing and supply
network. He said that Michigan provides continued access to a highly
skilled and diverse workforce which is essential to managing a global
animal health company.
Zoetis has its world headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., and markets its
products in more than 100 countries. It employs 9,000 colleagues
worldwide and approximately 4,000 in the United States. Zoetis has
approximately 1,000 employees in greater Kalamazoo at its global
manufacturing and supply facility and its research and development
headquarters there. Zoetis also has U.S. operations in California,
Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. The company is dedicated to supporting
its veterinarian and livestock producer customers and their businesses
with solutions to their most pressing challenges.
Also attending the 5th anniversary event were State Senator
Margaret O’Brien, Michigan 20th State Senate District; Jamie
Clover Adams, Director Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development accompanied by Gordon Wenk, Chief Deputy Director and
Kenneth McFarlane, Deputy Director ; and Carl Bednarski, President,
Michigan Farm Bureau.
About Zoetis
Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) is the leading animal health company, dedicated to
supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on more than 60
years of experience in animal health, Zoetis discovers, develops,
manufactures and markets veterinary vaccines and medicines, complemented
by diagnostic products, genetic tests, biodevices and a range of
services. Zoetis serves veterinarians, livestock producers and people
who raise and care for farm and companion animals with sales of its
products in more than 100 countries. In 2016, the company generated
annual revenue of US$4.9 billion with approximately 9,000 employees. For
more information, visit www.Zoetis.com.
Zoetis
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