Top 10 Glass Packaging Companies in the World in 2021 by Revenue
Ardagh Group SA, Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd, O-I Glass Inc, AptarGroup Inc, and Verallia are the top 5 glass packaging companies in the world in 2021 by revenue. Collectively, the top 10 glass packaging companies generated revenue of $35,147 million, where Ardagh Group SA ($7,577 million) has the highest, followed by Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd ($6,665 million) and O-I Glass Inc ($6,357 million), while BA Glass Group stood lowest ($1,202 million). The highest revenue increase was registered by Taiwan Glass Industry Corp (34%), followed by Vitro SAB de CV (10.7%), and AptarGroup Inc (10.2%), while the companies Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd had a revenue decline of 5%. In terms of the geographical split, 5 out of the top 10 glass packaging companies in the world are based in Europe, and the remaining companies are based in North America and Asia. They have employed a total of 131,327 people in 2021. Luxembourg-based Ardagh Group SA is the leading glass packaging company in the world in 2021 (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $7,577 million for the fiscal year ending 2021 (FY2021), revenue grew due to favorable foreign currency translation effects and increased selling prices. The company is a provider of metal and glass packaging products. It offers metal and glass containers for food and beverage markets such as wine, beer, carbonated soft drinks (CSD), energy drinks, spirits, juices, flavored waters, seafood, and nutrition. It also supplies paints and coatings, chemicals, personal care, pharmaceuticals, and general household products, and they had 33 glass plants with 68 glass furnaces and 23 metal beverage facilities. It is headquartered in Luxembourg and employed 16,400 people in FY2021. Japan-based O-I Glass Inc is one of the leading glass packaging companies in the world in 2021 (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $6,357 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 4.4% over FY2020. The company is a glass container manufacturer. It offers a range of glass bottles and jars for various applications in packaging alcoholic beverages, food, wine, spirits, soft drinks, ready-to-drink low alcohol refreshers, and other non-alcoholic beverage products, pharmaceuticals, and chemical products. It is headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, the US. and employs 24,000 people in FY2021.