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P+G recognises 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                            Nelson Packaging Company Inc.
Albany International Corp.            Nippon Shokubai Company Limited
BASF SE                                    Nordson Corporation
Berman Printing                          Novozymes
Bischof+Klein                              PAX Australia / One Asia
CCL Label PEGAS                        NONWOVENS
CLEVERTECH SRL                        Premiere Packaging, Inc.
Cosmint S.p.a.                           Promotion Execution Partners
D.Cloostermans-Huwaert N.V.       PT Ciptakemas Abadi
Ernst & Young                            Quality Associates, Inc.
Evonik Industries                         RKW SE
Farm Frites International B.V         RockTenn
Fastenal Company                      Sandler AG-Schwarzenbach / Germany
Fibertex Nonwovens                    Sasol Olefins & Surfactants
FREJA Transport & Logistics A/S    Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
GoIndustry DoveBid                     Smith Transport, Inc.
Havpak, Inc.                              Spedition Services Limited
Hayco Ltd.                                Superior Bulk Logistics
HEINZ-GLAS, GERMANY                Tanax, Inc
Hewlett-Packard                         Technimark LLC
Hooven-Dayton Corporation          The Cly-Del Manufacturing Co
HPV Engineering s.r.o.                  The Oregon Potato Company
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.       The Specialized Packaging Group, Inc.
Interscope Mfg., Inc.                              Time Release Sciences Inc.
JC Fiolet                                                Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd.
Jones Lang LaSalle                                  Transportadora Jolivan
Lingemann GmbH                                     Zhongrong Products of Paper Printing
Millennium Specialty Chemicals

“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.