Ball Packaging Europe and Ardagh Glass were honoured by Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) at an awards ceremony during the company’s first Supplier Sustainability Summit recently held in Brussels.
CCE’s Chairman and CEO, John Brock, and President of Europe, Hubert Patricot, presented awards to the suppliers for their contribution to the business in 2009.
Crowned Supplier of the Year, can manufacturer Ball Packaging Europe supplies 2.4 billion cans to CCE in Europe.
“Ball Packaging Europe are supporting our commitment to sustainable packaging by helping us to reduce the weight of our cans, and also helped us to deliver excellent service to our customers by providing a faultless and flexible supply of goods,” said Stephen Moorhouse, General Manager and Vice President of CCE’s European Supply Chain.
Ardagh Glass, selected as the most improved supplier, has been working with CCE on continuous quality improvement, reducing the weight of glass bottles, and improving logistics efficiency.
Haulage and warehousing supplier Howard Tenens received the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) award, for trialling gas-fuelled vehicles and developing a new sustainable warehouse.
David Cowell, VP Procurement, European Supply Chain, said: “We identify the winners through our Supplier Relationship Management Programme, which is managed by the Procurement team. This provides a formalised framework through which we develop joint action plans, and review activities and performance.”
Rob Miles, Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Ball Packaging Europe (BPE), said: “We are delighted to have been awarded the Supplier of the Year Award by CCE for the second time in a row.”
The Summit identified opportunities for improvement in the areas of packaging, equipment, waste and recycling, and water and energy.