Manufacturing Magazine June 2015 | Page 142

GREIF
DoubleGreen COEX 5 , 10 and 20 liter plastic jerry can
always been decorated with good news and new partnerships . In 1998 , Greif bought the industrial packaging business from Sonoco
Products Company , becoming the sector leader in North America .
Upon purchasing Van Leer Industrial Packaging in 2001 , the company doubled its size and entered the global market with 140 factories in 40 countries in five continents
Followed by a joint venture established in 1998 , in 2003 Greif obtained full ownership of CorrChoice Inc ., a Greif joint venture formed on Nov . 1 , 1998 , with Greif owning 63 percent of the outstanding stock
In 2006 , Greif made two significant acquisitions : Delta Petroleum Company , Inc .— a third party provider of blending , packaging , warehousing distribution and logistics services , processing more than 200 million gallons of products a year — and Blagden — a steel drum manufacturing and closures business in Europe and Asia .
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