Rexam PLC Annual Report 2011

8 Rexam annual report 2011 overviewwhere we operatewe have 83 manufacturing sites in 25 countries across the globeRexam’s operations are located in Europe, North, South and Central America,North Africa and Asia.In 2011, we employed on average 19,000 people in our continuing operations.83further details of our employees can be found in the sustainability section as well as note 4 to the consolidated financial statementsour locationsUSThe US is our largestmarket in terms of sales.We have 14 beveragecan and end makingplants and 15 plasticpackaging operations.The can plants are locatedclose to major customersand large metropolitancentres which positionsus well in terms of logisticsand freight.South AmericaWe are the number onebeverage can makerin South America andspecifically Brazil, thelargest market in the region.Our plants are strategicallylocated to capture growthand optimise assetutilisation.Beverage CansPlastic Packaginghead officeregional officesEuropeEurope is our secondlargest market in termsof sales. Our corporatehead office is in Londonwhile the headquartersfor our EuropeanBeverage Can andHealthcare and PersonalCare businesses are inLuton, UK, and Paris,France, respectively.ChinaWe have hadoperations in Chinasince 1998 where ourfocus is on plasticpackaging. The businesswas originally set up forexport, but is nowmainly focused onlocal markets.sales 1 by customer location (£m)2011 2010 2011 2010● US 1,576 1,586 ● UK 203 200● Brazil 747 700 ● France 188 178● Austria 327 288 ● Germany 136 131● Russia 281 267 ● Other countries 1,050 1,051● Spain 226 218+8%In 2011, Rexam’s emerging marketssales grew by 8%. Over 30% ofRexam’s sales come from these fastgrowing markets, driven largely byour Beverage Cans businesses inBrazil and Russia.1 Continuing operations.