Ardagh acquires beverage can manufacturing sites from Ball and Rexam for $3.42bn

Posted on 17 May 2016 by Aiden Burgess

Global packaging manufacturer Ardagh Group has agreed to acquire metal beverage can manufacturing assets in Europe, Brazil and the US from fellow manufacturing giants Ball Corporation and Rexam for $3.42bn (£2.36bn).

Ardagh is one of the UK’s, and world’s, largest glass and metal packaging producers (image courtesy of Ardagh). The deal with its fellow consumer packaging companies will see Ardagh acquire 10 manufacturing and two end plants in Europe; seven manufacturing plants and one end plant in the US; two manufacturing plants…

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