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Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany, Announces Plans to Buy Fort Dodge Animal Health Facilities
Release Date:Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Dateline (city):Fort Dodge
Contact:State of Iowa - European Office
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The Iowa Fort Dodge Animal Health facilities will have a new owner by the end of the year. Boehringer Ingelheim, based in Germany, is buying the two local plants, company officials announced on Sept. 22, 2009. It's buying the facilities from Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth. The deal is a spinoff of the transaction in which Pfizer Inc. is acquiring Wyeth, the parent company of Fort Dodge Animal Health. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Monday. The transaction requires approval from the Federal Trade Commission. […] The plant in Charles City is not part of the deal.
