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UK beverage can manufacturer, Rexam PLC has chosen Henkel to receive the coveted “Supplier of the Year Award,” for the second time in a row. At the gala ceremony in Hertfordshire near London, Henkel executives Aziz Mabrouki and Mark Sowerby accept the award from Rexam CEO Graham Chipchase.
The Rexam Beverage Can Europe division chose Henkel mainly for new products successfully launched last year, and with projects implemented at Rexam aimed at increasing the cost efficiency of production processes.
Rexam PLC has an annual production of 60 billion beverage cans, mostly destined for the European and North and South American markets. This makes the company the market leader in this segment and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of food packaging per se. It is also the biggest customer served by Henkel’s Metal Packaging business unit.
In addition to the etch degreaser Bonderite C-IC 740 E, introduced at Rexam in 2011 and successfully rolled out across the company last year, now Bonderite L-FM 290-E – the latest lubricant under this Henkel brand – is also being extensively used by this British customer. The product is completely biostable, thus rendering the storage and application of hazardous biocides in factories unnecessary. Furthermore, Henkel not only supported the beverage can producer with the commissioning of a new production facility in Finland but was also involved in various projects around Europe aligned to increasing cost efficiency and thus value creation at Rexam.
This is the tenth year in which Rexam has conferred its Supplier Excellence Awards to underline the high importance it attaches to its vendor relationships.
Frances Tolley, Rexam’s supplier relations manager, and master of ceremonies at the awards night – made special mention of Henkel’s excellent understanding of Rexam’s business strategy, its exemplary quality standards and its outstanding performance in the provision of innovative solutions. The fact that the products from Henkel not only enhance Rexam’s competitiveness and its ability to deliver on schedule, but also and in particular serve to optimise the production processes at Rexam meant that, for the second time in succession, the beverage can producer felt it appropriate to choose Henkel as the recipient of its highest honour.