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Business Combinations
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Business Combinations  
Business Combinations

20. Business Combinations

        On August 1, 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of Verrerie du Languedoc SAS, a single-furnace glass container plant in Vergeze, France. The Vergeze plant is located near the Nestle Waters' Perrier bottling facility and has a long-standing supply relationship with Nestle Waters.

        On May 31, 2011, the Company acquired the noncontrolling interest in its southern Brazil operations for approximately $140 million.

        The acquisitions, individually and in the aggregate, did not meet the thresholds for a significant acquisition and therefore no pro forma financial information is presented.