Greif, Inc.

Greif, Inc. is a global industrial packaging manufacturer founded in 1877 in Cleveland, Ohio, originally as a wooden barrel producer. Today the company operates more than 250 facilities across 35+ countries, employs over 14,000 people, and generated $5.4 billion in net sales in fiscal year 2024. Its scale has grown substantially through strategic acquisitions, including Van Leer Industrial and Caraustar Industries.

The company manufactures a broad range of rigid industrial packaging products used to transport and store materials across the chemicals, food, and construction industries, among others. Its product lines include:

• Steel drums
• Plastic containers
• Fiber drums
• Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs)
• Paperboard products

Greif operates manufacturing and processing environments where structured work, consistent procedures, and operational discipline are central to daily output - qualities familiar to those with military or public safety backgrounds. The company maintains an explicit zero-harm safety culture across its global operations and tracks safety performance alongside production and quality metrics.

On sustainability, Greif has set targets to eliminate landfill waste at 97% of its facilities and make 100% of its products recyclable by 2030. The company has also stated a commitment to global gender pay parity. Greif is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker GEF.