Impress and Médecins Sans Frontières Formalise Partnership
On December 18, 2008 Impress CEO Francis Labbé and the President of the French section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Marie Pierre Allié, signed a partnership agreement to support the work of MSF's global nutritional activities.
The relationship between the two organizations began during 2008 when MSF enquired if Impress would be willing to support its social mission.
Impress and MSF have now agreed to dedicate Impress support to nutritional activities.
"We are pleased to have signed an agreement with such an effective organisation", said Francis Labbé. "This initial donation will be aimed at the urgent task of getting nutritional aid to those in need - particularly children. We want to show practical support for the most vulnerable in these times of increasing global food crises", he added.
During 2009 Impress will offer employees an opportunity to participate in this programme.
Impress is a global market leader in the consumer metal packaging industry. It is the worldwide leader in the seafood can market , European and Australasian leader for aerosol cans, European leader in cans for Paints and Coatings and European leader in cans for Infant Formula and Nutritional Powders. Impress is also the second largest supplier of heat processed food cans in Europe and Australasia. Impress is based in Deventer, the Netherlands and had worldwide sales of approximately €1.6 billion in 2007. It employs approximately 8,600 people in 56 facilities in 21 countries in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Seychelles and Morocco.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian medical aid organisation. MSF is committed to providing medical aid wherever it is needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or gender and also to raising awareness of the plight of the people the organisation helps
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