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Beverages, Diageo, and Nestlé. Ardagh also has the largest secondary glass container decoration facility
in Europe, known as the Brand Enhancement Centre, located at our Barnsley site.
Poland. Ardagh’s operations in Poland consist of three manufacturing sites with six glass furnaces.
Ardagh produces a broad range of glass containers for the Polish beer, wine, spirits, food and NAB
sectors. Ardagh’s Polish operations supply leading global customers such as Carlsberg, SAB Miller and
Heineken, and regional leaders such as Malex, Maspex and Dawtona.
Benelux. Ardagh operates two manufacturing sites with four glass furnaces in The Netherlands.
Ardagh produces a broad range of glass containers for the Benelux beer, food and NAB sectors.
Ardagh’s Dutch operations supply leading global customers such as AB InBev, Heineken and PepsiCo.
Ardagh’s Moerdijk manufacturing site is dedicated exclusively to the production of beer bottles for
Heineken.
Nordic Region. Ardagh operates one manufacturing site with two glass furnaces in Denmark and
one manufacturing site with two glass furnaces in Sweden, with an additional nine added value lines for
decorating, coating and etching. Ardagh produces a broad range of glass containers in the Danish and
Swedish beer, wine, spirits, food, NAB and pharmaceutical sectors. Ardagh has a leading market
position in each of these segments (including the leading market position in the food and beer
segments), with particular concentration in the spirits segment consistent with the local customer base,
including Vin & Sprit (now owned by Pernod Ricard), whose major brand is Absolut vodka.
Italy. Ardagh has operated in Italy since July 2002. It operates one manufacturing site with a
single glass furnace. It produces a range of glass beer bottles which it sells to SAB Miller and
Heineken.
Ardagh Glass Engineering Group. Ardagh Glass Engineering Group was established in late 2008
and brings together our German technology business, Heye International and a number of mould
manufacturing and repair activities within the Group. The nature of these activities is different from
the nature of glass container operations and, consequently, their development can be better catered for
by having a separate, focused management team. In 2009, these activities represented approximately
5% of our revenues. Through Heye International, with headquarters in Germany and operating
internationally, Ardagh designs and supplies glass packaging machinery and spare parts for existing
glass packaging machinery. It also provides technical assistance to users of its equipment and licensees
of its technology. Heye International is one of only a few companies worldwide providing
comprehensive turnkey glass container operations and technology services to the global glass container
manufacturing industry. In recent years, it has provided support to worldwide businesses, such as
AB InBev, Amcor, Femsa and Heineken, and has undertaken the design and supply of six major glass
manufacturing facilities.
Acquisition History
Over the past several years, Ardagh has grown significantly through strategic acquisitions.
Our acquisitions have included Rockware Glass from O-I in 1999, an Italian glass container
manufacturer in 2002, Heye Holding in Germany in 2003, a Polish glass container manufacturer in
2004, Redfearn from Rexam plc in 2005 and the Rexam Acquisition in 2007.
For further information, see ‘‘—History and Development of the Ardagh Glass Group’’ and
‘‘—The Rexam Acquisition’’.
The Rexam Acquisition
On March 11, 2007, Ardagh Glass Group plc, our then ultimate parent company, entered into a
Share Purchase Agreement with Rexam plc for the acquisition by wholly owned subsidiaries of Ardagh
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