please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message pactiv llc type subsidiary industry packaging solutions founded november 1999 headquarters lake forest illinois key people john mcgrath ceo products custom and stock foam plastic aluminum pressed paperboard pe coated board and molded fiber packaging number of employees 11 000 parent reynolds group holdings limited website www.pactiv.com footnotes references pactiv became privately held when acquired by reynolds group holdings limited in november 2010 . rghl is a global manufacturer and supplier of consumer food and beverage packaging and storage products . pactiv is a manufacturer and distributor of food packaging and foodservice products supplying packers processors supermarkets restaurants institutions and foodservice outlets across north america . history edit pactiv s roots stretch back to 1959 when central fibre american boxboard and ohio boxboard merged to form packaging corporation of america pca . those companies bear little resemblance to the company today as they operated paper mills that exclusively produced cardboard boxes . tenneco inc. purchased pca in 1965 and during the next 34 years the company undertook a number of acquisitions including the acquisition of mobil plastics company in 1995 and amoco foam products company in 1996 which formed the basis of the current pactiv business . as a result its product portfolio expanded to include aluminum clear plastic foam products molded fiber and pressware . the company name has changed numerous times from pca to tenneco packaging inc. 1995 to pactiv corporation 1999 when it was spun off by tenneco becoming an independent company . since 1999 the company has pursued a number of strategic mergers and acquisitions each with an eye toward strengthening its position in the foodservice packaging industry including adding jaguar 2002 newspring 2005 prairie packaging 2007 and pwp industries 2010 . in 2010 pactiv was acquired by rank group ltd and became part of reynolds group holdings limited rghl a global manufacturer and supplier of consumer food and beverage packaging and storage products . since the rank acquisition the company continued to grow incorporating the legacy reynolds foodservice business to pactiv acquiring dopaco in 2011 adding international tray pads and packaging and interplast packaging in 2012 and spirit a manufacturer of foodservice products including cups cutlery straws and stirrers in 2013 . references edit v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra technologies other major private companies alphabetically ace hardware baker & mckenzie blue cross blue shield association claire s country financial danfoss power solutions dot foods eby brown electro motive diesel flex n gate follett corporation gardner denver grant thornton llp health care service corporation heico cos. hendrickson international hub international jenner & block kirkland & ellis marmon group mayer brown medline industries molex nestl frozen pizza osi group pactiv reyes holdings ryerson inc. sidley austin skidmore owings & merrill solo cup company tellabs transunion true value us foods wirtz corporation related topics breweries in illinois companies in the chicago metropolitan area food manufacturers of chicago newspapers in illinois retailers on the magnificent mile wineries in illinois retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pactiv & oldid 734183531 categories food packaging companiesfoodservice companiescompanies based in lake forest illinoishidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2016all articles lacking sources navigation 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