CINCINNATI, Nov. 4, 2009 /CNW/ --

Awards acknowledge performance, collaboration and partnership

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.