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P&G Recognizes Top Performing Global Suppliers
CINCINNATI, Nov. 5, 2009 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Awards acknowledge performance, collaboration and partnership
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) hosted its annual supplier awards event
last night recognizing the company's top performing suppliers.
"P&G's growth strategy is to touch and improve more consumers' lives in more
parts of the world more completely," said Bob McDonald, P&G's president and chief
executive officer, while speaking to suppliers attending the Company's annual
supplier awards dinner. "This strategy is inspired by P&G's Purpose and it can only
be executed in partnership with our suppliers. We are all focused on touching and
improving lives, which requires us - together -- to innovate, to streamline and
improve the supply chain, to simplify the way we work, and to create sustainable
solutions that improve lives today and for generations to come."
Receiving highest honors as "Supplier of the Year" for 2009 recipients among
P&G's 80,000 suppliers were:
- BASF SE of Ludwigshafen, Germany, providing strategic chemicals and
chemical innovations for P&G's laundry, fabric care and beauty
businesses;
- The Cly-Del Manufacturing Co. of Waterbury, Connecticut providing
battery parts to P&G's Duracell business in North America;
- Evonik Industries of Essen, Germany provides strategic chemicals and
ingredients to P&G's laundry and diaper businesses;
- Havpak, Inc. from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and a certified woman-
owned business provides P&G with packaging, assembly and contract
manufacturing services;
- Jones Lang LaSalle of Chicago, Illinois providing facilities management
services to P&G's office and laboratory locations worldwide.
- Novozymes of Bagsvaerd, Denmark is a strategic enzyme supplier for
P&G's laundry and cleaning products;
- RockTenn of Norcross, Georgia is a strategic packaging, customization
and display supplier to a number of P&G businesses around the world.
This was the second consecutive year of distinction for The Cly-Del Manufacturing
Co., Jones Lang LaSalle and Novozymes as "Supplier of the Year" recipients. These
companies achieved this recognition by consistently scoring the highest in broad
based quantitative and qualitative evaluations by P&G employees throughout the supply
chain.
"From market changing innovation to supply chain excellence, our supplier
partners are foundational for building a stronger future," said Rick Hughes, vice
president of Global Purchases. "P&G is at our best when we have fostered
relationships with our external business partners that enable collaboration in
achieving our mutual goals, addressing challenges, and delivering ongoing
innovation."
In addition to the select few "Supplier of the Year" awards, all companies
performing consistently at high levels within P&G's internal supplier performance
management system earned the "Corporate Supplier Excellence Award." The 55 suppliers
receiving this distinction were:
Accenture LLP
Albany International Corp.
BASF SE
Berman Printing
Bischof+Klein
CCL Label
CLEVERTECH SRL
Cosmint S.p.a.
D.Cloostermans-Huwaert N.V.
Ernst & Young
Evonik Industries
Farm Frites International B.V.
Fastenal Company
Fibertex Nonwovens
FREJA Transport & Logistics A/S
GoIndustry DoveBid
Havpak, Inc.
Hayco Ltd.
HEINZ-GLAS, GERMANY
Hewlett-Packard
Hooven-Dayton Corporation
HPV Engineering s.r.o.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Interscope Mfg., Inc.
JC Fiolet
Jones Lang LaSalle
Lingemann GmbH
Millennium Specialty Chemicals
Nelson Packaging Company Inc.
Nippon Shokubai Company Limited
Nordson Corporation
Novozymes
PAX Australia / One Asia
PEGAS NONWOVENS
Premiere Packaging, Inc.
Promotion Execution Partners
PT Ciptakemas Abadi
Quality Associates, Inc.
RKW SE
RockTenn
Sandler AG-Schwarzenbach / Germany
Sasol Olefins & Surfactants
Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
Smith Transport, Inc.
Spedition Services Limited
Superior Bulk Logistics
Tanax, Inc
Technimark LLC
The Cly-Del Manufacturing Co.
The Oregon Potato Company
The Specialized Packaging Group, Inc.
Time Release Sciences Inc.
Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd.
Transportadora Jolivan
Zhongrong Products of Paper Printing
"I want to acknowledge the tremendous contributions and commitments that our
external business partners make to help us achieve our strategies and goals, as well
as extend similar appreciation to the thousands of suppliers across the world that
were not award recipients but still work very hard to help P&G touch and improve more
consumer lives more completely," said McDonald.
About Procter & Gamble
Four billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world.
The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership
brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R),
Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Gain(R), Pringles(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R),
Iams(R), Crest(R), Oral-B(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head & Shoulders(R), Wella(R),
Gillette(R), Braun(R) and Fusion(R). The P&G community includes approximately 135,000
employees working in about 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for
the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.
SOURCE: The Procter & Gamble Company
CONTACT: Tressie Long of P&G,
+1-513-983-7720,
long.t.6@pg.com
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