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try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message verallia north america industry glass production founded 1842 headquarters muncie indiana products bottles jars number of employees 4 400 website http us.verallia.com verallia north america formerly the north american division of verallia is a glass packaging brand of the multinational company ardagh group . it produces more than nine billion glass bottles and jars from thirteen plants located throughout the united states and is headquartered in muncie indiana . contents 1 history 2 production 3 glass plant locations 4 sustainability 5 references history edit verallia north america can trace its roots in the united states back to 1842 when joseph foster started a glass factory in stoddard new hampshire . this factory later grew into the foster forbes glass company . in 1886 the ball brothers glass manufacturing company became the ball corporation . in 1995 the two u.s. glass companies merged to become ball foster glass container company and formed a joint venture with saint gobain . within one year saint gobain had acquired the remaining interest in the joint venture . ball foster glass container company was renamed saint gobain containers in 2000 . in 2010 saint gobain packaging launched the verallia brand name worldwide . 1 in april 2014 ardagh group purchased verallia north america from saint gobain . 2 production edit all divisions of verallia combine to produce 25 billion glass bottles and jars annually from 58 industrial sites in 14 different counties . these locations employ approximately 15 500 people . 3 verallia north america accounts for 4 400 of these employees 9 billion glass containers and 13 manufacturing plants . glass plant locations edit dunkirk indiana 1889 port allegany pennsylvania 1900 sapulpa oklahoma 1912 seattle washington 1931 lincoln illinois 1942 dolton illinois 1954 henderson north carolina 1960 burlington wisconsin 1965 ruston louisiana 1968 madera california 1970 milford massachusetts 1973 wilson north carolina 1977 pevely missouri 1981 sustainability edit glass is 100 % recyclable and can be recycled without loss in quality or purity . recycled glass is referred to as cullet and is used in production of glass to reduce the amount of other materials used and reduce the amount of energy required . cullet usually makes up 25 % to 60 % of the batch . 4 verallia north america has set a goal to make cullet account for 50 % of all batches used in their production by 2013 . 5 verallia north america has started the captain cullet and little gob o glass campaign to spread awareness of glass recycling to children . this is an interactive project to educate the younger generation about the importance of recycling and includes activities such as a virtual education program and animated cartoons . 6 references edit history . verallia . http www.ardaghgroup.com news centre completion of the acquisition of verallia north america packaging . saint gobain . industrial glass cullet . encyclopedia britannica . sustainable value . verallia north america . captain cullet and the little gob o glass . verallia north america . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title verallia north america & oldid 672490063 categories 1842 establishments in the united statescompanies based in indianamanufacturing companies established in 1842hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from april 2012all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from april 2012all orphaned articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 21 july 2015 at 21 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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