as nyse bery founded 1967 headquarters evansville indiana united states key people dr. jonathan jon rich ceo revenue us 4.95 billion fy 2014 1 operating income us 316 million fy 2014 1 net income us 62 million fy 2014 1 total assets us 5.268 billion fy 2014 1 total equity us 117 million fy 2014 1 number of employees 20 000 sep 2014 website www.berryplastics.com headquarters berry plastics is a global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products . headquartered in evansville indiana 2 the company operates over 99 global manufacturing facilities and employs over 25 000 individuals by the end of financial year 2012 . 3 following its 2015 acquisition of avintiv its annual sales will exceed 7.2 billion placing it in the fortune 500 and making it one of the largest plastics packaging producers in the world . 4 having acquired more than 30 businesses since 1988 berry plastics is one of the most active acquirers of plastic packaging businesses globally . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit berry plastics was originally established in 1967 as imperial plastics . in recent years berry plastics has completed several acquisitions including mammoth containers sterling products tri plas alpha products packerware venture packaging virginia design packaging container industries knight engineering and plastics cardinal packaging poly seal landis plastics euromex plastics s.a. de c.v. kerr group covalence specialty materials the former tyco plastics & adhesives business 5 6 rollpak captive plastics 7 mac closures superfos and the pliant corporation . landis plastics inc. was based in chicago ridge illinois with five domestic facilities supporting north american customers . landis manufactured injection molded and thermoformed plastic packaging for dairy and other food products . landis had experienced robust organic growth in sales of 10.4 % 1 over its last 15 years prior to being purchased by berry plastics . during 2002 landis generated 211.6 million of net sales . landis plastics inc. was purchased by berry plastics corp. in 2003 . in september 2011 berry plastics acquired 100 % of the capital stock of rexam sbc . the aggregate purchase price was 351 340 net of cash acquired . rexam sbc s primary products include plastic closures fitments and dispensing closure systems and jars . the business is operated in the rigid packaging business . to finance the purchase the company used cash on hand and existing credit facilities . the rexam sbc acquisition has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and accordingly the purchase price has been allocated to the identifiable assets and liabilities based on estimated fair values at the acquisition date . 3 in july 2015 berry plastics announced plans to acquire charlotte north carolina based avintiv for 2.45 billion cash . 4 following the acquisition berry leadership indicated its annual sales will be 7.2 billion which is enough to place it solidly in the fortune 500 . operations edit berry plastics manufactures and markets a number of plastic packaging products plastic films industrial materials and duct tapes medical specialties heat shrinkable coatings specialty laminates and non wovens . the company is divided into three divisions 1 consumer packaging 2 engineered materials and 3 health hygiene and speciality . 8 the company s customer base includes food dairy personal care retail building supplies industrial and promotional companies . clients include walmart target mcdonald s yum brands burger king starbucks pillsbury gillette procter & gamble colgate palmolive sherwin williams rust oleum borden custom building products milliken hershey s coca cola pepsi cola dean foods kroger avon bayer clorox l oreal kraft foods general mills and unilever . references edit a b c d e berry plastics form 10 k annual report filing date dec. 2014 . secdatabase.com . retrieved july 31 2015 . berry plastics form 8 k current report filing date oct 9 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved feb 14 2013 . a b berry plastics form 10 k annual report filing date dec 17 2012 . secdatabase.com . retrieved feb 14 2013 . a b orr susan 31 july 2015 . berry plastics announces transformational acquisition . courier & press . retrieved 31 july 2015 . berry plastics completes covalence merger . evansville courier & press . retrieved 2007 04 03 . combined company will keep the berry name ; corporate headquarters to remain in evansville . evansville courier & press . retrieved 2007 03 14 . berry plastics buys n. j. plastic company . evansville courier & press . retrieved 2008 09 16 . news release . ir.berryplastics.com . retrieved 2016 03 29 . external links edit berry plastics website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title berry plastics & oldid 740890562 categories companies based in evansville indianaprivate equity portfolio companiesapollo global management companies1967 establishments in the united statescompanies established in 1967companies listed on the new york stock exchange 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 languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 00 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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