June 5, 2008 —
Greif, Inc. Declares Second Quarter 2008 Dividends
DELAWARE, Ohio - June 2, 2008 - The Board of Directors of Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) today declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.38 per share of Class A Common Stock and $0.57 per share of Class B Common Stock.
May 8, 2008 —
Greif, Inc. Acquires Vietnam Steel Drum Facility
DELAWARE, Ohio (May 6, 2008) - On May 2, Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) acquired Petro-Summit Mechanical Co Ltd., Vietnam, a subsidiary of Asian Steel Co. Singapore. Located in Vung Tau Province, the facility manufactures 200-litre steel drums serving the Mekong hinterland, the main commercial area of Vietnam. It is Greif's first plant in the country.
July 6, 2007 —
Greif, Inc. Responds to Provisional Findings by UK Competition Commission
DELAWARE, Ohio, June 27/ - Affirming the company's position that the market in Great Britain for industrial packaging products is and will continue to be competitive, Greif, Inc.'s Chairman, CEO and President Michael Gasser has responded to a provisional finding issued by the United Kingdom Competition Commission (Commission). The Commission earlier issued a provisional report stating that the merger of Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) and one steel drum manufacturing plant of Blagden Packaging...
July 3, 2007 —
Greif, Inc. Opens Fourth New Steel Drum Plant in China
DELAWARE, Ohio -- June 27, 2007 -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) recently opened its fourth large steel drum manufacturing plant in China. Located in Huizhou in Guangdong Province with an advanced production line, the plant produces lined and unlined large steel drums.
May 25, 2007 —
Greif Opens Steel Drum Plant in Angarsk, Russia
DELAWARE, Ohio, May 21 / -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF)(NYSE: GEFB) recently opened its sixth large steel drum plant in Russia. Located 6,000 kilometers east of Moscow in Angarsk, eastern Siberia, the new plant was built according to Greif Business System and lean manufacturing principles.
March 12, 2007 —
Greif Acquires Leading USA Oil and Specialty Chemical Packager
DELAWARE, Ohio (Sept. 22, 2006) - Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) has acquired Delta Petroleum Company, Inc. from Riverside Company in Cleveland. Delta is the largest privately owned blender and packager of lubricants, chemicals, and glycol-based products in North America, with revenues of more than $182 million.