Danone Group's World Water Division Names President to Lead Newly Formed North America Organization.Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2001 Danone Group's World Water Division has announced the appointment of John Bilbrey as president of the newly formed Danone Waters of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (DWNA). The company has headquarters in Pasadena. Formed to serve all the bottled water needs of consumers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , DWNA includes the previously separate bottled water operations of the former Danone International Brands, Great Brands of Europe and McKesson Water Products Co. in the United States, and Naya and Aquaterra in Canada. "Danone Waters of North America is a new company that is well positioned to serve the broadest range of consumer needs in packaged water, whether at the retail level or through home and office delivery," said Bilbrey. "Our outstanding product portfolio includes well-known consumer brands such as Alhambra, Dannon, Evian, Ferrarelle, Naya, Pure American, Sparkletts and Volvic. We also have a strong and experienced leadership team in place to guide the company's growth in the competitive North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market." Bilbrey, who joined DWNA in August 2000 as vice president of Retail Sales, takes over the role of president from Pedro A. Medina, president of Danone Group's World Water Division, who had also been serving as interim president of DWNA until this appointment was made. "John Bilbrey has 21 years of domestic and international sales experience with Procter and Gamble (P&G), where he started as a sales representative and moved through positions of increasing responsibility during those years," stated Medina. "John will make an excellent leader of the DWNA team." Danone Waters of North America Inc. is a subsidiary of Danone Group, the fastest-growing food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. company in the world with 1999 net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of more than $14 billion. With headquarters in Paris, Danone Group is No. 2 worldwide in bottled water; No. 1 worldwide in dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl with its flagship brand, Danone (Dannon in the U.S.); and No. 1 worldwide in sweet biscuits marketed under the brand name LU. Additional information about Danone Group can be found on its Web site at www.danonegroup.com. |
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