P&G Recognizes Top Performing Global Suppliers |
Awards acknowledge performance, collaboration and partnership
CINCINNATI, Nov. 4, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company
(NYSE: PG) hosted its annual supplier awards event last night recognizing
the company's top performing suppliers.
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"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®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®,
Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Pringles®, Charmin®,
Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head &
Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. 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
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