McCormick & Co., Inc.

A new position will help McCormick drive sales growth by aligning its customer intimacy efforts and driving its strategy consistently across McCormick's industrial businesses worldwide.

To maximize growth opportunities, CG companies must think outside of the box. In 2011, CGT honored 15 companies that did just that with the 2011 Innovation, Business & Technology Awards. Click here to remember the standout technology and business initiatives that earned first-place accolades for Newell Rubbermaid, McCormick & Co., Kimberly-Clark, Goya Foods and Johnson & Johnson.

This years Readers Choice survey spans 10 categories, but some companies do not fit snugly into any one group. In response, we created the Editors Pick section to recognize solutions and service providers that are making a difference in the consumer goods industry and should be dually noted.

CGT honors 15 consumer goods companies for excellence in their innovation, supply chain, customer management and growth strategies.

In the consumer goods community, leaders know that keeping your success a secret can be a detriment to your business. Luckily, many are more than open to not only sharing but celebrating the best practices of their peers. Case in point: CGT received more than 50 nominations for its annual Business & Technology Leadership Awards. In the end, only nine companies were named winners. Find out who they are after the jump.

The former McCormick & Company executive brings 20+ years of experience to Morton Salt.

With the addition of Kohinoor in India and Kamis in Poland, the company expects its percentage of sales from emerging markets to exceed 12 percent in 2012.