But there was one problem —
CAT's
chief financial officer and investor - relations person declared that we'd seen the high - water
market in margin expansion, and that raw - cost issues will bedevil the company in 2018's second half.
As a result, there has been an increase in demand for comfortable, convenient travel products among pet owners, including
cat owners, notes Penny Johnson,
chief executive officer for Gig Harbor, Wash. - based Sturdi Products Inc. «There are many more products available on the
market today that are directed at pet travel then there was when Sturdi started business over 20 years ago,» she says.