MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) provides packaging solutions for many of the world’s most admired brands and this year several of its fragrance customers have won prestigious awards highlighting their thoughtful innovation and brand leadership.

Leading fragrance brands such as Inter Parfums, Puig and Koto Parfums all use MWV Beauty & Personal Care’s superior pumps and have received recognition from packaging and beauty professionals worldwide.

The market-leading Melodie® pump is featured in the success of several world leading brands:

• Van Cleef & Arpels’ “Féérie” (Inter Parfums) received the PCD Awards Jury’s Special Distinction in February, and the CPC Packaging 2009 Editor’s Choice Award.
• Paco Rabanne “1 Million” (Puig) was awarded the Parfums Masculins honor at the CosmétiqueMag Oscars and won three awards at Le Grand Prix du Parfum, including Best Design.
• Burberry “The Beat” (Inter Parfums), which is also equipped with the NoC® invisible dip tube, received the Fifi Fragrance of the Year award in the Men’s Nouveau Niche category in May.

Among the other award-winning brands showcasing MWV fragrance pumps are:

• Hello Kitty (Koto Parfums), featuring MWV’s Orchestra™ pump and winner of the CosmétiqueMag Oscar awards’ Parfums Enfants Sélectif category.

“MWV congratulates these world class brands on the successful launches of their fragrances, and the outstanding industry recognition they all received,” said Sandy Gregory, fragrance marketing manager, MWV. “We understand that every detail counts for our customers, and we are thrilled MWV’s pumps and dispensing solutions contribute to the entire consumer experience.”

Additionally, MWV Beauty & Personal Care received high honors for its folding carton packaging from the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) at its 66th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition. L’Oréal’s Lancôme Magnifique was awarded PPC’s Gold Award, while the Excellence Award went to Johnson & Johnson’s Aveeno Positively Ageless package.

About MWV
MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), provides packaging solutions to many of the world’s most admired brands in the healthcare, personal and beauty care, food, beverage, media and entertainment, and home and garden industries. The company's businesses also includes Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals, and the Community Development and Land Management Group, which sustainably manages the company’s land holdings to support its operations, and to provide for conservation, recreation and development opportunities. With 21,000 employees worldwide, MWV operates in 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 nations. MWV manages all of its forestlands in accordance with internationally recognized forest certification standards, and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the sixth consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.mwv.com.