london headquarters london united kingdom key people stuart chambers chairman graham chipchase ceo products beverage cans plastic packaging revenue 3 925 million 2015 1 operating income 291 million 2015 1 net income 185 million 2015 1 number of employees 8 000 2014 2 parent ball corporation website www.rexam.com rexam inc. is a british based american owned multinational consumer packaging company headquartered in london united kingdom . it is a leading manufacturer of beverage cans . 3 4 it has 55 plants in over 20 countries across asia europe north america and south america . 5 in june 2016 the final regulatory hurdle was cleared for the purchase of rexam by the american company ball corporation . 6 7 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by william vansittart bowater in 1881 in london selling paper . 8 in 1923 his son eric refocused the business into paper manufacturing under the name bowater paper mills . 9 the company diversified into tissue manufacturing in 1956 forming bowater scott a joint venture with the scott corporation ; scott corporation bought out the bowater interest in the joint venture in 1986 . 9 in 1992 the company acquired dickinson robinson group packaging . in 1995 the name was changed to rexam 10 an abbreviation of the name of one of the company s subsidiaries regal paper america and the business was refocused again this time into consumer packaging . 8 in 2005 rexam disposed of its glass manufacturing businesses to ardagh glass group so as to concentrate on its beverage can production worldwide . 11 it then went on to acquire o i plastics a plastic packaging business in north america in 2007 . 12 13 in june 2011 rexam agreed to sell its lid making operations to the u.s. based berry plastics for 222 million us 360 million . 14 15 on 13 february 2014 rexam has said that it acquired 51 % stake in united arab can manufacturing ltd for 122 million . 16 in february 2015 rexam accepted ball corporation s sweetened takeover offer of 4.4 billion 6.7 billion a deal which will create one of the world s biggest consumer packaging suppliers . 17 ball was required to sell eight u.s. aluminum can plants . 18 in june 2016 the final regulatory hurdle was cleared for the purchase of rexam by the american company ball corporation . 6 7 operations edit rexam has around 55 plants in over 20 countries and employs around 8 000 people . 2 its operations span europe the americas and asia . 2 references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . rexam . retrieved 26 march 2016 . a b c rexam plc media facts & figures . rexam.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . brazil beer sales to rise with world cup chances rexam says . bloomberg businessweek . 29 april 2010 . retrieved 24 august 2010 . plastic packaging . rexam plc. retrieved 24 august 2010 . facts & figures . rexam plc. retrieved 2 july 2014 . a b ball corporation bll gets ftc s final nod for rexam buy . finance.yahoo.com . 2016 06 29 . retrieved 2016 09 17 . a b ball corp. bll announces completion of rexam acquisition asset divestiture . streetinsider.com . 2016 06 30 . retrieved 2016 09 17 . a b our history . rexam plc. retrieved 4 september 2010 . a b bowater scott . gracesguide.co.uk . retrieved 3 april 2015 . bowater to change name to rexam plasteurope 31 may 1995 rexam sells only uk glass facility packaging today 15 june 2005 rexam acquires o i plastics operation packaging news 3 july 2007 rexam to buy oi plastics . reuters . 11 june 2007 . retrieved 24 april 2012 . rexam sells lid making arm to berry plastics for 222m . the telegraph . 21 june 2011 . retrieved 24 april 2012 . plastics packaging berry claims rexam s closures biz for 360m . plastics today . 20 june 2011 . retrieved 24 april 2012 . rexam buys majority stake in saudi arabian beverage cans maker . reuters . 13 february 2014 . retrieved 20 february 2014 . rory gallivan 19 february 2015 . ball corp. rolls up rexam with sweetened 6.7 billion offer . the wall street journal . retrieved 15 february 2016 . richard craver 27 july 2016 . european group buys rexam packaging plant in winston salem . winston salem journal . retrieved 27 july 2016 . external links edit london portal companies portal official website rexam profile at wikinvest swot analysis on rexam retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rexam & oldid 743135867 categories manufacturing companies based in londonglassmaking companies of englandpackaging companiesmanufacturing companies established in 19231923 establishments in englandbritish companies established in 1923hidden categories use dmy dates from april 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa ol fran aisrom n svenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 01 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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