It was founded in 1936 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, until Berlin Packaging purchased the company in 2010.
[1] In 1936, Nathan Rosenstone, along with William Blitzstein, Harold Fishbein, and Morris Allentuck founded Continental Glass Company, which began operations with office space and a warehouse at 524 W. Erie Street in Chicago.
The core of the business was supplying glass bottles to the beverage industry from Glenshaw Glass to companies such as Pepsi-Cola, 7-Up, Dr Pepper, and a group of small beverage manufacturers.
A major customer from this group was the Jim Beam Distillery Company.
Continental’s influence grew after it was awarded the exclusive distributorship of Owens-Illinois products for its region.