February 5, 1997 Consumers Packaging Inc. acquired certain assets of Anchor Glass Container Corporation.This includes 11 operating plants, a machine shop and a mold shop. "The acquisitions of the assets and business of Anchor Glass has firmly established Consumers as one of the three largest glass packaging producers in North America. With the addition of the Anchor operations, we expect our sales will top the $1 billion threshold for the first time. It is an acquisition that fits in extremely well with our long-term strategic goal to strengthen our position as an industry leader," says John J. Ghaznavi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Consumers.
Bramalea, Ontario |
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Consumers Glass has reorganized its procurement activities around cullet. Buying cullet has been made a corporate purchasing function. Edith Chin, Director of Materials Procurement, now manages this activity.
Edith can be reached at: 416-232-3619; her fax is 416-232-3222.
Since the acquisition of Anchor Glass Container Corporation, three plant closures have been announced. One in Canada and two in the States; they are Hamilton, Ontario, Houston, Texas and Dayville, Connecticut. Anchor had been operating under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code since September 1996.
The Houston plant was originally scheduled to close in 1996 but was able to secure additional business to extend the operations for a period. Dayville's operations will cease April 11, 1997.
The Hamilton plant is being closed in order for Consumers Glass to remain competitive on a Northern American basis. Consumers Glass has invested over $150 million in our Canadian manufacturing facilities over the last three (3) years. This investment has resulted in Consumers having the capacity to produce substantially the same sales volume from six manufacturing facilities instead of seven. Products that are currently manufactured in Hamilton will be produced in other Consumers facilities in order to maintain Consumers commitment to customer needs.
This will not reduce the need for cullet nor the support for multi-material recycling in Canada.
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