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Acquisitions play a vital role in Hain Celestials strategy of building market share. These have not only widened the companys geographical presence, but also provided opportunities to cross-sell products in the U.S., Canadian and European markets.

Effective Jan. 1, 2013, the company will move to a structure with two chief operating officers and the following leaders have been named to new positions, accordingly.

The collection of winners are widely diverse: from small firms to global operations to academia. Some are located near P&G's global headquarters in Cincinnati, others are scattered around the world.

Anheuser-Busch will begin packaging 44,000 cases of emergency drinking water or 1,056,000 cans this week for residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy and other natural disasters.

Michael Senackerib brings extensive knowledge in two of Campbells core categories and has deep experience running consumer-focused businesses.

The donation includes a $250,000 cash contribution from Kellogg's Corporate Citizenship Fund to the American Red Cross and $250,000 in food to Feeding America.

Over the last few years, with budgets slashed and resources limited, many CG companies have focused innovation efforts on mere line extensions or slight variations of existing concepts. But, there are exceptions. Here, CGT honors two companies that delivered truly revolutionary new products with 2012 Innovation Awards.