Perfetti Van Melle Media resources

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Key facts about Perfetti Van Melle and our brands.

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Awards & recognition

2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 NKY Magazine Best Workplaces in NKY Award
2020-2023 NKY Chamber Business Impact Awards Finalist and 2024 Heritage Award Winner
Local Community Awards
Mentos Gum Awards
Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Award

2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 NKY Magazine Best Workplaces in NKY Award

For the fourth year in a row, Perfetti Van Melle USA was selected as a Best Workplaces in Northern Kentucky (NKY) winner! The magazine honors businesses that demonstrate the exceptional qualities that make our region a great place to have a career.

We earned the 2024 award for all the ways our employees are engaged, rewarded and recognized in our workplace, our community involvement, our DE&I/culture efforts as well as our very strong benefits and perks for employees.

NKY Chamber Business Impact Heritage Awards

Each year,the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce honors local companies for their impact in various categories of achievement and industry leadership.

In 2024, Perfetti Van Melle was honored as the NKY Chamber Business Impact Heritage Award winner! This award is a testament to the company’s consistent stability and significant economic contributions to the Northern Kentucky community.

In 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Perfetti Van Melle was acclaimed a finalist in the category of Community Champion in the “For Profit” sector.

Local Community Awards

Perfetti Van Melle Named 2022 Sweet Cheeks Corporate Volunteers of the Year!

Perfetti Van Melle was presented with the 2022 Corporate Volunteers of the Year award. This award was dedicated to all the Perfetti Van Melle volunteers who gave their time and care to help with our Sweet Cheeks Community Day events. Our teams packed more than 500,000 diapers and 3,000 period kits -- enough to cover over two months of partner agency orders!

2020 Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Community Award

Perfetti Van Melle was presented with the NKY Community Award by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. This award is presented to exceptional individuals, businesses, or organizations that have helped advance and/or promote the NKY region.

Mentos Gum Awards

Recognition for Mentos New Berry Gum with Vitamins at 2022 Sweets & Snacks Expo

The annual Most Innovative New Product Awards kicked off the 25th Sweets & Snacks Expo by recognizing this year’s most innovative confectionery and snack products and the companies that created them. We are proud to announce that Perfetti Van Melle was named a finalist! We were recognized for our new Berry flavor of Mentos Gum with Vitamins.

National Confectioners Association (NCA) 2021 Most Innovative New Product Award

The new Mentos Pure Fresh Gum recyclable Paperboard Gum Bottle won the annual Most Innovative New Product award for the Gum/Mint category at the 2021 National Confectioners Association (NCA) Sweets & Snacks Expo! It is the first-to-market gum category product from a major global confectioner in this recyclable paperboard packaging, which is 90% paperboard and widely recyclable.

International Association of Packaging Professionals 2021 AmeriStar Award

The widely recyclable paperboard bottle for Mentos Pure Fresh gum was awarded the AmeriStar Award in the Food, Shelf-stable category.

World Packaging Associations 2021 WorldStar Global Packaging Award

The widely recyclable paperboard bottle for Mentos Pure Fresh gum was awarded the 2022 WorldStar Global Packaging Award. The World Packaging Organization is considered the most prestigious global packaging award program.

Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Award

Sylvia Buxton, Perfetti Van Melle President & CEO, has been named a 2022 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Honoree by the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Women’s Initiative

In recognition of her dedication to Northern Kentucky and her qualities of personal integrity, perseverance, and leadership, she has been awarded this honor.