Chris Thornton

Chief Operations Officer at Ardagh Group SA

Chris Thornton has extensive work experience in the packaging industry, primarily with Ardagh Group. Chris started at Ardagh Group in 1996 as an Operations Manager at Yorkshire Repak, where they worked until 2003. Chris then joined Ardagh Group as an Inspection and Packaging Manager, a role they held until 2010. From 2010 to 2012, they served as a Regional Continuous Improvement Manager at Ardagh Group. Chris then took on various roles including Operations Manager, Plant Manager, Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of OEG from 2012 to 2023. Currently, Chris holds the position of Vice President of Quality & Continuous Improvement at Ardagh Group.

Chris Thornton attended Hunger Hill school, but no specific details about their degree or field of study were provided.

Location

Fortville, United States

Links


Org chart


Teams


Offices

This person is not in any offices


Ardagh Group SA

2 followers

Ardagh Group SA, formerly Ardagh Finance Holdings SA, is a Luxembourg-based company engaged in the packing industry. The Company focuses on the design and manufacture of rigid packaging solutions mainly for food and beverage markets. Its activities are divided into two business segments: Metal packing, which supplies aluminum and steel beverage cans, two-piece aluminum, two-piece tinplate and three-piece tinplate food and specialty cans, as well as a range of can ends, among others, and Glass packing, which delivers glass containers, bottles and jars, among others. Its products are distributed in customized sizes and shapes, as well as are decorated with printed graphics. The Company operates in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.


Industries

Employees

10,000+

Links