The ratings on Consolidated Container Co. LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Consolidated Container Capital Inc., reflect its below-average business risk profile in the rigid plastic packaging sector, and a very weak financial profile. The ratings on Consolidated are supported by the company's fair business risk profile as a producer of rigid plastic containers for a variety of consumer products, including dairy, water, foods, beverages, household and agricultural chemicals, and motor oil. Significant market shares in several categories, strategically located facilities (including numerous operations on site at customers' plants), and long-established relationships with key market customers provide some barriers to entry in this highly fragmented and competitive industry. End markets are mostly stable, but product diversity is limited and customer
