The Company is a manufacturing company incorporated as a limited liability company under the Company Ordinance (CAP 38) with the name Metal Containers of West Africa Limited on 20th January, 1940. The name was subsequently by a special resolution on 4th July, 1969 changed toVan Leer Containers (Nigeria) Limited. The Company became "Van Lee Containers (Nigeria) Plc" in line with the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAP 20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The Company's name was eventually changed to "Grief Nigeria Plc" by a special resolution on 12th May, 2004. The principal activities of the Company during the year continued to be manufacturing and marketing of metal drums.