The Procter & Gamble Company recognized its top-performing external business partners during an awards ceremony October 7 as the conclusion of the P&G Supplier and Agency Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio. The objective of the annual summit is to recognize and celebrate those key contributors who have demonstrated partner excellence. This year more than 350 companies and agencies partners were represented at the awards dinner.
"We need partnerships with retail customers, investors, business partners, agencies and suppliers that are built upon the fundamental idea of improving lives," said Bob McDonald, P&G's chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer.
Among P&G's more than 80,000 suppliers, six received the honor of being named "Supplier of the Year" including:
- Havpak Inc.
- Hayco Ltd.
- Nelson Packaging Company Inc.
- Nippon Shokubai Company Ltd.
- Novozymes
- Pegas Nonwovens
"We view our suppliers, agencies and external business partners as an extension of our Company and critical to helping us achieve our Company's Purpose of touching and improving the lives of the world's consumers," said Rick Hughes, chief purchasing officer. "We expect the best from our business partners, and we are focused on growing long-term relationships that are sustainable, innovative and create joint value."
In addition to the select few "Supplier of the Year" awards, all companies performing consistently at high levels within P&G's internal performance management system earned Excellence Awards. The 76 external business partners receiving this distinction were:
- Albany International
- American Dehydrated Foods Inc. (ADF)
- International Dehydrated Foods Inc. (IDF)
- Archer Corporate Services
- Bonsey Design
- Breakthrough Fuel
- Carat USA
- CCG Marketing Solutions
- Columbia Machine Inc.
- Design Productions Inc.
- Diamond Packaging
- DYNACAST
- ECB Company Srl
- Emerson Process Management
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Evonik Industries
- Farm Frites International B.V.
- GOINDUSTRY Dovebid
- Havpak Inc.
- Hayco Ltd.
- HPV Engineering, s.r.o.
- Huangshan Novel Company Ltd.
- Interbrand
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- Interscope Manufacturing Inc.
- Ipsos Understanding UnLtd.
- Jack Morton Worldwide
- Jones Lang LaSalle
- KDC
- Ketchum Inc.
- Mabuchi Motor
- Marina Maher Communications
- Mayr-Melnhof Packaging
- MediaCom
- Minera de Santa Marta, S.A.
- Multi-Color Corporation
- Nelson Packaging Company Inc.
- Nicosia Creative Expresso Ltd.
- Nippon Shokubai Company Ltd.
- Novozymes
- ODTH nv
- Oregon Potato Company
- P&O Ferrymasters Ltd.
- PAX Australia / One Asia
- Pegas Nonwovens
- Pep
- Pilot 1.0
- Premiere Packaging
- Publicis
- Quality Packaging Specialist International
- Quigley-Simpson
- RB Tool & Mfg. Company
- Response Media
- Rising Display Products (ZhongShan) Company Ltd.
- RKW SE
- Ronchi Mario S.p.a.
- Shanghai Morimatsu Pharmaceutical Equipment Engineering Company Ltd.
- SILSA
- SMG / Starcom
- Southern Graphic Systems, Intl.
- Tanax
- Tapestry Partners
- Technimark LLC
- Tessy Plastics Corporation
- The Cly-Del Manufacturing Company
- The Shibusawa Warehouse Company Ltd.
- Transportadora Jolivan
- TRS Packaging
- TSS Technologies
- Umiplast S.A.
- VWR International LLC
- Wieden + Kennedy
- Woodstone Energy LLC.
- Xerox Corporation
- X-label GmbH & Company KG
- Zahoransky-Group
- Ziba
"Our external business partners bring ideas, technology, creativity, diversity and innovation to our business. I am truly grateful for their commitment and dedication to helping P&G fulfill its Purpose of touching and improving the lives of the world's consumers, now and for generations to come," 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 127,000 employees working in about 80 countries worldwide.
