Company: GEF
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form Type: 10-KT
Source: 0001628280-25-053146
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Company: GREIF, INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form: 10-KT
Chunk 7
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, quality and service, with varying emphasis depending on product line.

In the plastics, steel and integrated products industry, we compete by offering a comprehensive line of products on a global basis. In the paper packaging industry, we compete by offering a comprehensive range of uncoated and coated paperboard products and diverse tube, core, partitions and other specialty products.

In addition, over the past several years we have closed higher cost facilities and otherwise restructured our operations, which we believe has significantly improved our cost competitiveness.

#### Resources
Resin and used industrial packaging for reconditioning are the principal raw materials for the Customized Polymer Solutions reportable segment, steel is the principal raw material for the Durable Metal Solutions reportable segment, pulpwood and recycled coated and uncoated paperboard are the principal raw materials for the Sustainable Fiber Solutions reportable segment, and resin, steel and old corrugated containers are the principal raw materials for the Integrated Solutions reportable segment. We satisfy most of our needs for these raw materials through purchases on the open market or under short-term and long-term supply agreements. All of these raw materials are purchased in highly competitive, price-sensitive markets, which have historically exhibited price, demand and supply cyclicality. From time to time, some of these raw materials have been in short supply at certain of our manufacturing facilities. In those situations, we ship the raw materials in short supply from one or more of our other facilities with sufficient supply to the facility or facilities experiencing the shortage. To date, raw material shortages have not had a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

#### Government Laws and Regulations
We must comply with extensive laws, rules and regulations in the United States and in each of the countries where we conduct business with respect to a variety of matters, including compliance with government laws and regulations concerning the environment and health and safety matters. We do not believe that future compliance with government laws and regulations will have a material adverse effect on our capital expenditures, competitive position, results of operations or financial condition.

As to environmental matters, our operations are subject to extensive federal, state, local and international laws, regulations, rules, ordinances and potential claims relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, the generation, storage, handling, transportation, treatment, disposal and remediation of hazardous substances and waste materials and numerous other environmental laws and regulations. In the ordinary course of business, we are subject to periodic environmental inspections

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and monitoring by various governmental agencies