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Berry Plastics
Originally established in 1967 as Imperial Plastics and located in Evansville, Indiana, Berry Plastics has grown into a leading manufacturer of injection-molded plastic packaging, thermoformed products, flexible films and tapes and coatings. The company's sales are focused in four divisions:
 • Rigid Open Top
• Rigid Closed Top
• Flexible Films
• Tapes and Coatings
In 1983, Imperial Plastics became Berry Plastics when it was purchased by Jack Berry, Sr., a Florida-based citrus grower and real estate developer.
In 1987, Berry opened a second manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada.
In 1988 Berry acquired Gilbert Plastics of New Brunswick, New Jersey, a manufacturer of aerosol overcaps.
Through the 1990s and up to today, Berry has acquired the following companies:
• Mammoth Containers of Genpak Corporation, Sterling Products, Inc.
• Tri-Plas, Inc.
• Alpha Products division of Aladdin Industries Inc.
• PackerWare Corporation
• Venture Packaging, Inc.
• Virginia Design Packaging Corporation
• Container Industries, Inc.
• Norwich Injection Moulders Ltd.
• Knight Engineering and Plastics, a division of Courtaulds Packaging, Inc.
• Cardinal Packaging, Inc., the dairy closures product line of Clayton Corporation
• Poly-Seal Corporation
• Capsol S.p.A.
• Pescor Plastics, Inc.
• Alcoa Flexible Packaging injection molding assets of Mount Vernon Plastics Corporation
• 400 series continuous threaded injection molded closures assets from CCL Plastic Packaging
• Landis Plastics, Inc.
• The closure assets of Euromex Plastics S.A. de C.V., Kerr Group
• Covalence Specialty Materials
• Rollpak
• MAC Closures and Captive Plastics
• Rexam Specialty and Beverage Closures
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