Procter & Gamble Opens P&G Purifier of Water Plant in Singapore

  Procter & Gamble Opens P&G Purifier of Water Plant in Singapore

              Scaling up Production to Save One Life Every Hour

Business Wire

CINCINNATI -- November 29, 2012

Today Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) announced the opening of its P&G Purifier of
Water plant in Singapore, which will enable the Company to produce enough of
its water purification technology to save one life every hour by 2020. The
powder purification technology that will be produced at the site has allowed
P&G to share over 5 billion liters of clean drinking water globally, helping
save nearly 30,000 lives.

Ambassadors from Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines
raise glasses of clean d ...

Ambassadors from Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines
raise glasses of clean drinking water in a toast to the opening of the new P&G
Purifier of Water Plant in Tuas, Singapore. The plant will produce enough P&G
Water Purification Packets to enable P&G to meet its commitment to Save One
Life Every Hour by 2020 through sharing clean drinking water around the world.
(Photo: Business Wire)

“For the past 175 years, P&G has been focused on improving lives through
innovative solutions that address everyday needs,” said P&G CEO, President,
and Chairman of the Board, Bob McDonald. “We’ve taken that same innovation
power and focused on one of our world’s biggest challenges, clean drinking
water, a lack of which takes the lives of thousands of children every day.
Knowing this innovation helps save lives, we’ve set our sights on a commitment
to Save One Life Every Hour by 2020.”

Located in Tuas, the new P&G Purifier of Water manufacturing plant is designed
to maximise limited space with vertical design and increase productivity by
67% with an innovative precision dosage technology. More than 200 million
sachets are expected to be produced a year in Singapore by 2020, making more
than two billion litres of clean drinking water accessible to children and
families around the world through the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water
Program.

“P&G has been a committed partner of our disaster relief efforts in the
region,” added James Quek, Executive Director of World Vision Singapore, “The
P&G Purifier of Water sachets are a life-saver because they are small,
portable and simple to administer through our field staff.”

The powder technology produced at the Singapore plant comes in small packets,
and when stirred into 10 liters of dirty water, causes heavy metals, dirt, and
parasites to pull together, then fall to the bottom of the container. This
water can be strained through a filter cloth and after 20 minutes, the
disinfectant in the powder leaves the water clean enough to drink.  Since
2004, P&G has worked with more than 120 organizations to provide these packets
in more than 65 countries, raising awareness of this significant global issue
and stepping up to help solve the complex problem through innovation. The new
manufacturing plant is expected to produce more than 200 million sachets a
year by 2020, preventing 80 million days of illness and saving more than
10,000 lives every year.

About Procter & Gamble and the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program

P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world with its brands.
The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality,
leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®,
Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Fairy®, Gain®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®,
Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®,
Gillette®, Braun®, Fusion®, Ace®, Febreze®, Ambi Pur®, SK-II®, and Vicks®. The
P&G community includes operations in approximately 75 countries worldwide.
Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information
about P&G and its brands.

The P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) is a non-profit
initiative that has provided 5 billion litres of clean drinking water to
people in need since 2004. CSDW has partnered with a diverse network of
organizations to help distribute water purification sachets in developing
countries. To learn more about the P&G CSDW Program, and see how the water
purification sachets work, please visit www.csdw.org

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Contact:

Procter & Gamble
Elizabeth Ratchford, 513-439-0378
ratchford.eq@pg.com