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Greif Inc. (GEF)On Nov 20: 57.52  Up 0.98 (1.73%)  
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Greif Inc.
425 Winter Road
Delaware, OH 43015
United States - Map
Phone: 740-549-6000
Fax: 740-549-6100
Web Site: http://www.greif.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Consumer Goods
Industry:Packaging & Containers
Full Time Employees:9,600

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Greif, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial packaging products, and containerboard and corrugated products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Industrial Packaging, Paper Packaging, and Timber. The Industrial Packaging segment offers industrial packaging products, including steel and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, and polycarbonate water bottles, as well as provides blending, filling, logistics, and warehousing services. It sells its products to customers in chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, and pharmaceutical and mineral industries. The Paper Packaging segment sells containerboard, corrugated sheets, and other corrugated products and multiwall bags to customers in North America. Its corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, building products, automotive components, books, and furniture; and industrial and consumer multiwall bag products are used to ship industrial and consumer products, such as seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, concrete, flour, sugar, feed, pet foods, popcorn, charcoal and salt, primarily for the agricultural, chemical, building products, and food industries. Timber segment engages in harvesting and regenerating its timber properties in the United States and Canada. As of October 31, 2008, Greif owned approximately 268,700 acres of timber properties in the United States and 27,450 acres of timber properties in Canada. The company, formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation, was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Greif Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 44.9% of S&P 400 companies and 68.7% of Materials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Michael J. Gasser , 57
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Chairman of Exec. Committee and Member of Stock Repurchase Committee
    $ 3.60M $ 2.85M
    Mr. David B. Fischer , 46
    Pres and Chief Operating Officer
    $ 1.65M $ 0
    Mr. Donald S. Huml , 62
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 1.41M $ 1.16M
    Mr. Gary R. Martz , 50
    Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. and Pres of Soterra LLC
    $ 1.12M $ 574.00K
    Mr. Michael C. Patton , 48
    Divisional Pres of Greif Packaging - North America
    $ 1.16M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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