The Best of Both Worlds
Waltham is pleased to announce that we have decided to come together and pool our expertise with Royal Canin, a global leader in Health Nutrition for dogs and cats, in pursuit of a shared objective and passion: improving the health and longevity of dogs and cats.


WALTHAM® is the world’s leading authority on pet care and nutrition with a range supported by more scientific publications and clinical research than any other. Waltham® has pioneered many of the world’s major nutritional breakthroughs.

ROYAL CANIN was created by a veterinarian in 1967 and since has been one of the worlds leading producers of nutritional dog and cat food selling through veterinarians, breeders and petfood stores.

With distribution in around 100 countries, Royal Canin is one of the very few companies which does not conduct market research or consumer surveys, but always put pets first. At Royal Canin, dogs and cats are the starting point for any innovation, and Royal Canin has remained faithful to these fundamental principles. As a result, R&D and nutritional expertise are at the core of Royal Canin’s development, together with the use of state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

From January 1st 2004 you can get the Best of Both Worlds - the scientific expertise of WALTHAM, The World’s Leading Authority in Pet Care and Nutrition® together with Knowledge and Respect for the pet, credibility in Health Nutrition, and manufacturing innovation from Royal Canin.

Unlike some other suppliers, Royal Canin and Waltham have been committed to selling veterinary diet ranges exclusively to veterinarians and now maintain this commitment worldwide with the integration of Royal Canin and Waltham which began in Europe in April 2003. We believe this approach will be a fundamental part of our success in USA/Canada as it has been in other parts of the world.

The WALTHAM® Diets that you regularly use and prescribe will not be changing. The same quality ingredients and nutritional excellence you have come to expect from Waltham will still be available to you and your patients. You will continue to be supported by the same veterinary dedicated sales team and specialized services, which will both be strengthened as a result of our new business structure. There will be some packaging changes in the spring of 2004 to reflect the new alliance. In addition, utilizing Waltham Scientific Expertise and Royal Canin Research and Development, we will expand our range of diets to enable you to offer even better health care to your patients.
We will of course keep you informed of these exciting changes before they occur.

Waltham and Royal Canin share the same values with veterinarians:

 We feel a real respect for pets
We are dog and cat experts

Waltham and Royal Canin share the same objectives with veterinarians:

 Reinforce veterinarian’s scientific and medical image through innovations with proven efficacy
Protect and enhance the long term business of veterinarians through exclusive dietetic and physiological diets.

We look forward to continuing to serve you and your patients with the highest quality Veterinary Exclusive Prescription Diets available on the market today and in the future.