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Berry Plastics Group files for $500 million US IPO

March 24, 2012

Berry Plastics Group, which manufactures plastic goods and containers for consumer applications, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $500 million in an initial public offering. The Evansville, IN-based company, which was founded in 1967, booked $4.66 billion in sales in 2011. Private equity firms Apollo and Graham Partners acquired Berry Plastics for $2.25 billion in 2006. Ticker, exchange and underwriters were not announced.