Rexam
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| legal form | Public limited company |
| founding | 1923 |
| resolution | June 30, 2016 |
| Seat | London , UK |
| management | Graham Chipchase ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 8,600 (2015) |
| sales | £ 3.925 billion (2015) |
| Branch | Consumer goods packaging |
| Website | www.rexam.com |
Rexam plc , was established in 1923 packaging - and beverage can maker in the United Kingdom . Until the takeover by Ball Corporation , it was listed on the London Stock Exchange on the FTSE 250 and was headquartered in Millbank , London .
Around 8,600 people were most recently employed at Rexam in more than 23 countries. Rexam was one of the top 5 packaging manufacturers in the world and the world's largest manufacturer of beverage cans.
Companies
Rexam PLC was divided into four sectors:
- Beverage Can America
- Beverage Can Europe & Asia
- Plastic containers
- Pharma
The glass sector was represented in Germany by Rexam Glass Germany GmbH . In October 2002 Rexam acquired the German company Nienburger Glas GmbH. On March 12, 2007, Rexam announced that it would sell the entire glass sector with 13 European locations for 660 million euros to the Ardagh Glass Group ( Ardagh Glass Germany GmbH ), which became legally effective in June 2007 after the approval of the antitrust authorities .
Rexam operates three can plants in Germany (Berlin, Gelsenkirchen and Recklinghausen), of which the plant in Berlin is to be closed by the end of 2015, and the plant in Recklinghausen in June 2017, as well as a lid plant (Recklinghausen, in operation since 1968, part since 1999 from Rexam); The plant for the production of pharmaceutical plastic packaging in Neuenburg am Rhein was sold in 2014 under the name Nemera for 600 million euros to the British investor Montagu.
In Austria, Rexam recently operated a can factory in Enzesfeld (opened in 1983, taken over by Ardagh in 2016 ) and a can factory in Ludesch (opened in 2007), which was used exclusively for the production of Red Bull cans and has a direct connection to their filling station.
In Switzerland, another can factory was built at Rauch Trading AG's Red Bull filling station in Widnau , SG, which went into operation at the end of 2015.
In 2015, Ball Corporation announced that it wanted to merge with Rexam and the takeover was completed on June 30, 2016.
Web links
- Rexam PLC
- Ardagh Glass Ltd.
- Early documents and newspaper articles on Bowater's Paper Mills Ltd (predecessor) in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rexam Annual Report 2015 , accessed March 23, 2016
- ↑ Where we are , at www.rexam.com , accessed March 23, 2016
- ↑ Packaging Europe . Volume 2.2, 2007, p. 21.
- ↑ Handelsblatt: Interbrew sells Nienburger glass
- ↑ Rexam to sell its glass business for € 660m (£ 449m)
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Can manufacturer closes Berlin plant despite black numbers
- ↑ Dosenwerk closes at the end of July , at www.recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de , accessed on March 31, 2017
- ↑ Focus on the economy: How a can manufacturer makes the aluminum thing a hit ( Memento from March 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Badische Zeitung: Nemera wants to invest in Neuchâtel
- ↑ automation.at: For liquid can production
- ↑ Handelszeitung: Red Bull gives wings to aluminum cans from Lower Austria
- ↑ Pack aktuell: Official start of construction of the first Swiss beverage can plant - Rexam will be producing beverage cans for Red Bull in Widnau from 2015 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Compromise with EU to secure large-scale merger in the beverage can industry , at www.de.reuters.com , accessed on November 26, 2015
- ↑ Ball Completes Acquisition of Rexam PLC and Sale of Divestment Business , at www.ball.com , accessed March 31, 2017
