It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Berry Global Group Inc.

The company's origins lie in a plastic packaging production unit at Oakham established by a Danish group, Superfos, in 1973.

[3] The plant was acquired by Reed International in 1983 and was the subject of a management buyout as Reedpack Containers in 1988, but was then bought by Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget in 1990.

[9] For 2016, the company earned £2.75 billion, a two-thirds jump in revenue from the year before after a series of acquisitions.

[10] The company announced in March 2019 that it had agreed to be taken over by Berry Global Group Inc.[14] The company makes a wide variety of plastic food-packaging products including Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Nivea, L'Oréal, Saxa, Jacob's, McVitie's and Hubba Bubba.