History

Although Allied Glass is a relatively new name in the glass packaging world, the company's two West Yorkshire (United Kingdom) plants are steeped in glass making tradition.  The company name was adopted only eight years ago, however both of its factories can trace their beginnings back to the end of the 19th Century.  Lax and Shaw was founded by Thomas Lax and John Shaw in the Hunslet district of Leeds in 1891, while the first record of Hope Glass Works in Knottingley, home to Gregg and Company, dates back to 1874.

Today, these two operations make up the UK's fourth largest glass container producer, a business that was the focus of rebranding as Allied Glass Containers in 2000 and of a management buyout from Associated British Foods Plc in 2002.