ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Greif is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services with 244 locations across the globe, of which 199 are production sites. Our 12,458 colleagues work in over 36 countries, with our headquarters in Delaware, Ohio. During FY 2023, we generated more than $5.2 billion in net sales.

Products, Services & Customer Segments

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Organizational details

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Activities, value chain and other business relationships

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Employees

At Greif, we produce steel, plastic and fiber drums, jerrycans, intermediate bulk containers, reconditioned containers, small plastics, containerboard, uncoated recycled paperboard, coated recycled paperboard, tubes and cores, corrugated sheets, bulk corrugated boxes and a diverse mix of specialty products. The company also manufactures packaging accessories and provides filling, packaging and other services for various industries. Soterra, our land management subsidiary, provides timberland management, consulting, wildlife stewardship and wetlands mitigation bank development. We sell to multiple industries, including food and beverage, chemicals, agricultural, pharmaceutical, petroleum, automotive, home appliances and many more. To see a more complete description of our products and services and their end uses please visit Greif.com.

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Global Industrial Packaging

Products

Steel, fiber and plastic drums, jerrycans, IBCs (intermediate bulk containers), closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, small plastics, water bottles and reconditioned industrial containers

Services

Filling, logistics, warehousing and reconditioning

End Uses

Chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, lubricants, industrial coatings, agricultural, pharmaceutical and minerals

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Paper Packaging

Products

Containerboard, corrugated sheets, corrugated containers and other corrugated and specialty products, uncoated recycled paperboard, coated recycled paperboard, tubes and cores and a diverse mix of specialty products

Services

Waste audits, collection and recycling of commercial and industrial wastepaper

End Uses

Home appliances, small and industrial machinery, grocery products, building products, automotive components, books and furniture, advertising/retail and agricultural, construction products, recovered fiber, dry and frozen food packaging and adhesives

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Land Management

Products

Timber, pine straw, timberland, special use properties and carbon credit generation

Services

Timberland management, consulting, wildlife stewardship, recreation, wetlands mitigation bank development and land management services including leasing injection sites for carbon capture and storage, subsurface carbon dioxide storage and hosting utility scale solar farms

End Uses

Pulp and paper, sawmill, plywood and pole mills

COUNTRIES OF OPERATION*
North America Latin America Asia Pacific Europe Middle East Africa
Canada 1,2
Mexico1
United States1,2,3
Argentina1
Brazil1
Chile1
Colombia1
Costa Rica1
Guatemala1
China1
Malaysia1
Singapore1
Vietnam1
Austria1
Belgium1
Czech Republic1
France1
Germany1
Greece1
Hungary1
Italy1
Netherlands1
Norway1
Poland1
Portugal1
Russia1
Spain1
Sweden1
Turkey1
United Kingdom1
Israel1
Saudi Arabia1
Algeria1
Egypt1
Kenya1
Morocco1
South Africa1

[1] Global Industrial Packaging: Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services

[2] Paper Packaging & Services

[3] Land Management

* As of close of FY 2023
Employees by Region
Employees by Role

Workforce Composition

Permanent Employees
(99%)
International Senior Executives
(19%)
Female Employees
(17%)
Women in Management
(21%)
Women on Board of Directors
(30%)

Unionized Employees by Region (Approximate Values)

Europe, the Middle East and Africa
(67%)
Latin America
(49%)
Asia Pacific
(22%)
North America
(26%)