Silgan Holdings Inc. is a manufacturer of metal and plastic consumer goods packaging products. The Company also manufactures metal, composite and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products. It operates in three businesses: its metal food container business, its closures business and its plastic container business. Its products include steel and aluminum containers for human and pet food and general line products; metal, composite and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products and plastic closures for the dairy and juice markets, and custom designed plastic containers, tubes and closures for personal care, health care, agricultural chemical, automotive and marine chemical products. In March 2011, the Company acquired the metal container operations of Vogel & Noot Holding AG and twist-off metal closures operations of DGS S.A. In September 2011, it completed its acquisition of Nestle Purina PetCare�s steel container self-manufacturing assets (Purina Steel Can).