Purina Mills - PMIL- Profile

Purina Mills, Inc. (formerly known as PM Holdings Corporation) develops, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of animal nutrition products for dairy cattle, beef cattle, hogs, horses and poultry. The company also manufactures and sells poultry feeds and specialty feeds for rabbits, zoo animals, birds, fish and pets. The company's products are sold as complete feeds or as concentrates that are mixed with customer's base ingredients. In the United States the company's products are marketed under the brand names Purina (r), Chow (r) and the "Checkerboard" Nine Square Logo (r). The company has expended approximately $25.4 million till date on Year 2000 readiness efforts and other comprehensive information system improvements and enhancements. The company filed for Chapter 11 proceedings in October 1999 and emerged from such proceedings in June 2000.