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CINCINNATI, Oct. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) recognized its top performing external business partners during an awards ceremony last night as the conclusion of the P&G Supplier and Agency Summit. 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, 6 received the honor of being named "Supplier of the Year" including:
• Havpak, Inc.
• HAYCO LTD.
• NELSON PACKAGING COMPANY, INC.
• NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., 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. Among the 76 external business partners receiving this distinction was Southern Graphic Systems, Intl.
"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.
SGS is proud to have been selected out of 80,000 global external supply chain partners to receive an Corporate Award of Excellence for consistently performing at high levels within P&G's internal performance management system.
SGS is a global leader in the digital imaging and communication industry and offer design-to-print graphic services to the international consumer products packaging market. We offer a full spectrum of innovative digital solutions that streamline the capture, management, execution and distribution of graphics information. Our brand development, creative design, prepress, image carriers and print support services are utilized in each of the three main printing processes: flexography, gravure and lithography. Our customers, many of which we have served for over 20 years, include large branded consumer products companies, mass merchant retailers and the printers and converters that service them. Our services ensure that our customers are able to obtain or produce consistent, high quality packaging materials often on short turnaround times.
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Souce: Procter & Gamble & Southern Graphic Systems
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