Rexam
Sign in to saveRexam plc was a British-based multinational consumer packaging company headquartered in London, England. After spending much of its life as a paper producer known as Bowater, it diversified and became a leading manufacturer of beverage cans. It had 55 plants in over 20 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and South America. In June 2016, Rexam was acquired by Ball Corporation for $8.4 billion.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Rexam plc
- Company.logo
- Rexam.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- (London)
- Company.defunct
- June 2016
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Ball Corporation
- Company.location
- London, England, UK
- Company.key_people
- Stuart Chambers (Chairman)Graham Chipchase (CEO)
- Company.num_employees
- 8,000 (2014)
- Company.industry
- Packaging
- Company.products
- Beverage cans, plastic packaging
- Company.revenue
- £3,925 million (2015)
- Company.operating_income
- £291 million (2015)
- Company.net_income
- £185 million (2015)
- Company.homepage
- www.rexam.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- London
- Stock exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Official website
- www.rexam.com
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- inception
- 1923-01-01
- Commons category
- Rexam
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-06-00
- replaced by
- Ball Corporation
- social media followers
- 2226
- number of viewers/listeners
- 473476
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation
- 1920s
- 1930s
- Second World War
- Post War
- Operations
- References
- External links
Rexam plc was a British-based multinational consumer packaging company headquartered in London, England. After spending much of its life as a paper producer known as Bowater, it diversified and became a leading manufacturer of beverage cans. It had 55 plants in over 20 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and South America. In June 2016, Rexam was acquired by Ball Corporation for $8.4 billion.
==History== ===Foundation=== Manchester-born William Vansittart Bowater trained as a manager with James Wrigley and Sons, a paper making business based in Manchester. Having been dismissed in 1881 at age 43, Bowater decided to establish himself as a paper agent in London.
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