Greif Inc (Greif) is a manufacturer of packaging products. It offers industrial packaging products such as steel, fiber, and plastic drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers, transit protection products, closure systems for industrial packaging products, water bottles, and reconditioned containers. The company’s service portfolio includes filling, packaging services, container life cycle services, and logistics and warehousing. Grief also manufactures and markets flexible intermediate bulk containers. It produces timber from the timberland maintained in the US and sells it to third parties. The company offers its products and services to various industries such as agricultural, automotive, pharmaceutical, mineral, and food and beverage industries. The company's operations are located across the continents of North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Greif is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio, the US.
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Products and Services
Products | Services |
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Rigid Industrial Packaging and Services: | Rigid Industrial Packaging and |
Steel, Fibre and Plastic Drums | Filling |
Rigid Intermediate Bulk Containers | Logistics and Warehousing |
XXX | XXX |
XXX | XXX |
XXX | XXX |
History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
Year | Event | Description |
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2022 | Contracts/Agreements | In December, the company acquired Lee Container, a supplier of blow-moulded containers for US$300 million. |
2022 | Divestiture | In April, the company completed the divestiture of the Flexible Packaging joint venture to Gulf Refined Packaging for US$123 million. |
2021 | Contracts/Agreements | In September, the company joined the alliance to end plastic waste to reduce the environmental impact. |
Competitor Comparison
Key Parameters | Greif Inc | Crown Holdings Inc | Graphic Packaging Holding Co | Silgan Holdings Inc | O-I Glass Inc |
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Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America | United States of America |
City | Delaware | Yardley | Atlanta | Stamford | Perrysburg |
State/Province | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Georgia | Connecticut | Ohio |
No. of Employees | 12,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | 15,600 | 24,000 |
Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Key Financial Charts
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Executives
Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
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Peter G Watson | Chairman | Executive Board | 2022 | 65 |
Ole Rosgaard | Chief Executive Officer; President | Senior Management | 2022 | 59 |
Lawrence A. Hilsheimer | Executive Vice President; Chief Financial Officer | Senior Management | 2014 | 64 |
Bala V. Sathyanarayanan | Chief Human Resources Officer; Executive Vice President | Senior Management | 2018 | 51 |
Tina Schoner | Senior Vice President; Chief Supply Chain Officer | Senior Management | 2022 | 54 |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2023 | XX |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2023 | XX |
Non Dignissim Eros | Proin vel | Convallis | 2023 | XX |
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