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COMPANY PROFILE CONTAINER GLASS EUROPE
COMPANY PROFILE
1995: Merge by incorporation of CIVE in BA.
1998: A company by Sonae Group acquires 19,9% of
the social capital from the inherators of José Augusto
Domingues and, as a result of a shareholder agreement,
49,9% of the voting rights and controls management of
the company.
Incorporation of the Spanish company ’BA - Fabrica de
Envases de Vidrio Barbosa & Almeida, SA’, (90,15%
of the capital held by BA), and construction of a factory
with one furnace in Villafranca de los Barros.
1999: Acquisition, by means of Public Offer of Acqui-
sition, of 54,3% of ’Vidriera Leonesa, SA’ (VILESA), a
company with a industrial unit in Léon (Spain), with two
furnaces. Progressive increase of BA’s ownership stake
until 99% of the social capital.
Capital increase to 37,5 million euros (the current share
capital).
2000: The Sonae Group ownership stakes reaches
49,9%.
2001: Merge of the Spanish companies ’BA - Fábrica
de Envases de Vidrio Barbosa & Almeida, SA’ and ’Vid-
riera Leonesa, SA’ and change of the company name
to ’BA Vidrio, SA’.
2003: BA ceases to be listed on the stock exchange
and has as its sole shareholder ’Bar-Bar-Idade Glass
- Serviços de Gestão e Investimentos, SA’ a company
whose shareholders are a Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA;
Bar-Bar-Idade, SGPS, SA (held by Carlos Moreira da Groups internationalization. On the other hand the
Silva); and the Silva Domingues Family. referred acquisition allows BA Group to broaden its
2004: Management Buy Out (MBO): Carlos Moreira da product range and client portfolio, reinforcing its posi-
Silva, the Silva Domingues Family and the Board mem- tion on the spirits segment.
bers and Senior Employees of the BA acquire the entire 2016: Acquisition of HNG Global, a German
share capital. glass packaging company headquartered in Gardel-
2005: The company changes its name to ’BA egen, Berlin.
Vidro, SA’ and the mother company changes its name to With this new plant, BA expands its market into Cen-
’BA Glass I - Serviços de Gestão e Investimentos, SA’. tral Europe adding it to its current portfolio of sales in
2008: Acquisition of the Sotancro Group which allowed the largest European Market.
the BA group’s to broaden its product range and client This new plant allows us to create synergies between
portfolio to include the pharmaceutical and cosmetics operations and improves the service to our internation-
sectors. al customer base, while increasing our understanding
2012: Acquisition of the Polish group Warta Glass. of the market. Consequently, BA Group currently com-
The above mentioned acquisition allows BA Group to prises eight factories and has a daily production of
achieve a geographical expansion of its market to East- more than 14 million units - bottles and jars - for cus-
ern Europe, which represents a step forward into the tomers operating in the Food & Beverage industries.

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