“P&G's ask of you is that you partner with us on innovation. Partner with us on productivity," said AG Lafley, chairman, president and chief executive officer, P&G. "Let’s work together as partners to create value for each other, for consumers and for our industry.”
Among P&G’s more than 75,000 suppliers and agencies, the seven that received the highest honor of being named Excellence Award winners and “External Business Partner of the Year” were:
- EY
- MonoSol, Kuraray WS Film Division
- Pegas Nonwovens
- Rising Display Products (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
- Ronchi Mario SpA
- Superpac, Inc.,
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Yamada Electric
In addition to the select few “External Business Partner of the Year” awards, the following 51 companies received Excellence Awards for consistent high performance:
- Albany International Corp.
- Ampacet Corporation
- Arkay Packaging
- Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc.
- Breakthrough Fuel
- Carat NA Planning
- Cartus
- Cellfire Inc.
- Chase Design Group
- Chep
- Citizen Relations
- D. Cloostermans-Huwaert nv
- Dawson Integrated Marketing Communications Co. Ltd
- Diamond Packaging
- Diversified Supply, Inc.
- ECS European Containers N.V.
- ELIF
- Éltex Ltd.
- Encapsys
- FDK Corporation
- Fibria Celulose
- Firmenich
- Fluor Industrial Services
- Foboha GmbH
- Givaudan Fragrances
- Gulsan
- Havpak Inc.
- Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
- HPV Engineering s.r.o.
- JLL
- Kang Na Hsiung Enterprise Co., Ltd
- Lingaro
- Model Kramp
- Mondi
- Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.
- Novozymes
- One Asia Network
- PwC
- QPSI / RockTenn++
- Quality Associates, Inc++
- Rialto Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
- Saatchi & Saatchi X
- Sasol Performance Chemicals
- Schneider National Carriers, Inc.
- SelectNY
- Shandong Tianli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Starcom UK TV & Digital Activation Team
- Technimark LLC
- The Shibusawa Warehouse Co. Ltd.
- Van Genechten Packaging
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Weyerhaeuser Company
Two companies, Chep and Fluor Industrial Services, were specifically recognized for their efforts and results on Supplier Diversity. These two companies have consistently grown their spending with minority and women-owned suppliers and have demonstrated a strong focus on this important business strategy. While P&G spends more than $2 billion annually with diverse suppliers, this is the first time it has recognized External Business Partners for their commitment to Supplier Diversity.