In September 2006, Apollo Management

Apollo Management

Apollo Global Management, LLC is a private equity investment firm, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham Lambert banker Leon Black. The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuring, special situations and industry...

, L.P. and Graham Partners completed acquisition of BPC Holding Corporation from Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.

Mergers & Acquisitions

On March 12, 2007, Berry Plastics announced it will merge with Covalence Specialty Materials Holding Corporation, a Bedminster, New Jersey based plastics company. The newly merged company will retain the Berry Plastics name and be based in Evansville. The merger was completed on April 3, 2007. With annual sales of $3 billion, it is one of the largest plastic packaging producers in the world.

On December 20, 2007, Berry Plastics announced the acquisition of MAC Closures, a Waterloo, Quebec

Waterloo, Quebec

Waterloo is a city in Quebec, included in La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative area of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 4,054...

, Canada

Canada

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-based company specializing in injection molding. The following day Berry Plastics announced it was buying 100% of the stock of Captive Plastics of New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 for approximately $500 million cash.

On December 3, 2009, Berry Plastics announced that it had completed the previously announced acquisition of 100% of the common stock of Pliant Corporation, and that Pliant Corporation had emerged from bankruptcy effective December 3, 2009.

On December 31, 2009, Berry Plastics announced that it had completed the previously disclosed acquisition of 100% of the outstanding common stock of Superfos Packaging, Inc., which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Superfos a/s, located in Taastrup, Denmark.

"666" lawsuit

the company is the defendant in a lawsuit brought on by a former employee who claims he was sacked for refusing to wear a badge with the number "666

666 (number)

666 is the natural number following 665 and preceding 667.- In mathematics :666 is the sum of the first 36 natural numbers 666 (six hundred and sixty-six) is the natural number following 665 and preceding 667.- In mathematics :666 is the sum of the first 36 natural numbers 666 (six hundred and...

 on it. The number was to signify the number of days the factory had gone without an accident, but the man, a Christian, believed wearing the badge with this number would condemn him to hell. At first he was given a three-day suspension but several days later he was fired. This took place in March 2009, and in August the man complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence,...

which granted him the right to sue the company. The lawsuit seeks punitive damages and back pay.