Verallia North America formerly the North American division of Verallia, is a glass packaging brand of the multinational company
Ardagh Group
Ardagh Group is a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal products that has "grown in the past two decades into one of the world’s largest metal and glass packaging companies".
As of 2012, the company operated 89 facilities in 22 countrie ...
. It produces more than nine billion glass bottles and jars per year, from thirteen plants located throughout the United States and is headquartered in
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the county seat, seat of Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs ...
.
History
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
Stoddard is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,374 at the 2020 census, up from 1,232 at the 2010 census.
Between 1842 and 1873, the town was home to four glass manufacturers. The glass produced by th ...
. This factory later grew into the Foster-Forbes Glass Company. In 1886 the
Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company
Ball Corporation is an American company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. It is best known for its early production of glass jars, lids, and related products used for home canning. Since its founding in Buffalo, New York, in 1880, when it w ...
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.
In April 2014, Ardagh Group purchased Verallia North America from Saint-Gobain.
Production
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.
Verallia North America accounts for 4,400 of these employees, 9 billion glass containers, and 13 manufacturing plants.
Glass plant locations
* Dunkirk Indiana, 1889
* Port Allegany Pennsylvania, 1896
* 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
Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled without loss in quality or purity. Recycled glass is referred to as
cullet
Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. Glass that is crushed or imploded and ready to be remelted is called cullet. There are two types of cullet: internal and external. Internal cullet is composed of defective p ...
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.
Verallia North America has set a goal to make cullet account for 50% of all batches used in their production by 2013.
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.
References
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1842 establishments in New Hampshire
Companies based in Indiana
Manufacturing companies established in 1842