Silgan Holdings Inc. Elects William T. Donovan as Member of its Board of Directors, Replacing Edward A. Lapekas
January 24, 2018 at 01:30 pm
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Silgan Holdings Inc. announced that William T. Donovan has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, filling the vacancy created when Edward A. Lapekas passed away last month. Mr. Donovan will serve as a Class III Director of the company, completing Mr. Lapekas’ term which runs until the company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2018. Mr. Donovan brings more than 40 years of business experience to the Company. Mr. Donovan was Chair of the Board of Rockland Industrial Holdings, LLC, a privately held manufacturer of wood flooring products for the truck trailer and container industries, until December 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Donovan was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Total Logistics Inc. Mr. Donovan also served as President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Christiana Companies Inc.
Silgan Holdings Inc. is a manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions for essential consumer goods products. The Companyâs segments include dispensing and specialty closures, metal containers and custom containers. The dispensing and specialty closures segment manufactures and sells dispensing systems and specialty closures for fragrance and beauty, food, beverage, personal and health care, home care and lawn and garden products. The metal containers segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and aluminum containers for pet and human food and general line products. The custom containers segment manufactures and sells custom designed plastic containers for pet and human food, consumer health and pharmaceutical, personal care, home care, lawn and garden and automotive products. Its products are used for a variety of end markets, and it operates over 107 manufacturing plants in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.