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.

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