This week, Plastics News publishes its annual ranking of North American blow molders. Here is a look at some of the numbers behind the ranking: 125 firms are listed with total combined sales of $18 billion. Roughly 72 percent, or $13 billion, was for bottles, and 28 percent for industrial sales. Interestingly both segments, when reporting growth, had increases, on average of 15 percent.
Here are the top bottle molders, in order:
• Amcor Rigid Plastics.
• Graham Packaging Co. LP.
• Plastipak Packaging Inc.
• Alpla Inc.
• Consolidated Container Co. LLC.
• Silgan Plastics LLC.
• Southeastern Container Inc.
• Berry Global Inc.
• CKS Packaging Inc.
• Pretium Packaging LLC.
Here are the top industrial molders:
• Plastic Omnium Auto Inergy Division.
• ABC Group Inc.
• Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG.
• Mauser Packaging Solutions.
• TI Automotive Ltd.
• Custom-Pak Inc.
• Flambeau Inc.
• Greif Inc.
• Toledo Molding & Die Inc.
• Lifetime Products Inc.