SILGAN HOLDINGS INC

Overview

Silgan Holdings Inc. is a global packaging manufacturer operating in three core businesses: dispensing and specialty closures, metal containers, and custom containers. Its products include dispensing systems and closures, metal food containers, and custom plastic containers and thermoformed packaging.[1][2] The company serves markets including food and beverage, beauty and personal care, health care, and home and lawn care, with operations across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.[3]+2

For the year ended December 31, 2025, Silgan reported net sales of approximately $6.48 billion across its three business segments.[6] It had approximately 17,200 full-time salaried and hourly employees at year-end 2025.[5] The company states its mission is to “compete and win by being the best at what it does.” [3] [1]+5

Products & services

Silgan’s dispensing portfolio includes dispensing closures, pumps, fine-mist and fragrance pumps, lotion dispensers, trigger and hose-end sprayers, aerosol actuators, airless systems and battery-operated sprayers. Named products include the propellant-free F2 foam pump and SP05 trigger sprayer. Products serve personal-care and beauty, healthcare, food, home-care and garden applications; related offerings include dispensing equipment, parts, service and rebuilds.[7]+3

Metal packaging includes welded three-piece cans and two-piece drawn steel or aluminum cans for food and pet food, plus European food cans, ends and lids, chemical containers, fish packaging and decorative tins. Food formats include round cans, seam lids, easy-open ends and peel-off foil lids. Silgan also provides customer support such as product-development assistance, equipment troubleshooting, process and double-seam evaluations, repairs and audits.[11]+4

Custom plastic packaging includes bottles, jars, containers, closures and fitments for food, beverage, healthcare, household, industrial and personal-care products. Design and engineering services include package development, 3D design and printing, prototypes, production molds and pre-production samples. For extrusion blow molding, Silgan lists typical LDPE, HDPE and PP resins; shuttle-machine package sizes from ½ ounce to 2.5 gallons; and BDS limits of ½ ounce to ½ gallon, up to 13.8 inches high and 6.25 inches in round diameter, with up to three layers. These are capability ranges, not specifications for every product. In FY2025, segment net sales were approximately 48.4% metal containers, 41.8% dispensing and specialty closures, and 9.8% custom containers.[16]+4 [21]+24

Geographic presence

In 2025, Silgan’s net sales were $6.483 billion: $4.396 billion in the United States (67.8%), $1.543 billion in Europe (23.8%) and $543.9 million in “Other” geographies (8.4%). The company does not further disaggregate the “Other” category by country.[30] As of February 1, 2026, Silgan had 64 manufacturing facilities outside the United States, across 24 countries, and served customers in approximately 100 countries.[31]

Its manufacturing footprint spans North America, Europe, Asia and South America.[32] At December 31, 2025, Silgan had approximately 17,200 full-time employees—4,400 salaried and 12,800 hourly; the reported employee figures are not broken down geographically.[5] Its principal executive office is in Norwalk, Connecticut.[33] [30]+7

Business segments

Silgan Holdings reports three business segments. **Dispensing and Specialty Closures** makes dispensing systems and specialty closures for fragrance and beauty, food and beverage, personal and health care, home care, and lawn and garden products. **Metal Containers** makes steel and aluminum containers for pet and human food and general-line products. **Custom Containers** makes custom-designed plastic containers for pet and human food, consumer health and pharmaceuticals, personal care, home care, lawn and garden, and automotive products.[34]

For FY2025, segment shares of consolidated net sales were approximately **48.4% Metal Containers** ($3,138.3 million), **41.8% Dispensing and Specialty Closures** ($2,707.2 million), and **9.8% Custom Containers** ($637.6 million).[6] In the six months ended June 30, 2026, their respective shares were approximately **46.5%**, **43.7%**, and **9.9%**.[35] [34]+6

Company history

Founded in 1987 by R. Philip Silver and D. Greg Horrigan, Silgan expanded through acquisitions into metal food cans and custom containers. During the late 1980s and 1990s it broadened its portfolio to paperboard containers and closures, including acquisitions of Del Monte’s U.S. can operations in 1993 and American National Can’s Food Metal and Specialty business in 1995.[3][36] Silgan completed its initial public offering and began trading on Nasdaq in 1997.[37]

In 2003, Silgan acquired Amcor’s remaining interest in the White Cap closures business, followed by further international expansion of White Cap and other closure operations in the 2000s.[36][38] In 2017, it acquired WestRock’s Specialty Closures and Dispensing Systems business, expanding its dispensing and specialty-closures operations.[39] Acquisitions including Albéa’s dispensing operations, Gateway Plastics, Unicep Packaging and Easytech Closures followed in 2020–2021.[38] In 2024, Silgan completed its acquisition of Weener Packaging, adding dispensing solutions for personal care, health care and food products.[40][41] [3]+6

Sources

• SILGAN HOLDINGS INC — Full financial report (2025 Y)
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