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Ball confirms statement of objections
Ball Corporation confirms that it received a Statement of Objections (SO) from the European Commission in relation to its proposal to buy Rexam.
Ball opens India plant
Ball Corporation has opened an aluminium aerosol can plant in Ahmedabad, India.
Peterson to succeed Feldser
James Peterson has been named to succeed Michael Feldser and will have the same title.
Ball remains strong on DJSI
Ball Corporation has been named the industry leader for container and packaging companies on the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the third consecutive year.
Ball to halt production at Virginia plant
Ball Corporation will cease production at the company’s Virginia, US, plant.
Ball enters phase II EC review
Ball enters Phase II review in connection with its offer to acquire Rexam.
Erik Bouts to give keynote address at Euro CanTech 2016
Erik Bouts, senior vice president, Ball Corporation, and chief operating officer, global metal beverage packaging, will be joining us as a keynote speaker at Euro CanTech 2016 in Berlin from 4-6 April. Before joining Ball, Bouts was president of Owens-Illinois, Europe. His professional experience also includes serving as chief executive officer at The Glidden Company, […]
Let’s can hunger
During Ball Corporation’s 2015 “Let’s Can Hunger” food drive, the company’s North American employees donated more than 170,000 pounds of canned food and raised more than $215,000 in monetary contributions.
The Triumph of Slim
Slim Cans are gaining ground in the beverage can market. The Ball Corporation tells us more about this important size variation.
Ball donates $4 million to charities
The Ball Foundation, Ball Corporation and its employees donated in excess of $4 million to charitable organisations in the communities where Ball operates in 2014. The company’s employee matching gifts and dollars for doers programme grew in 2014 to $2.1 million (up from $1.4 million in 2013). Employees also logged nearly 18,000 hours of volunteer […]
Ball/Rexam deal goes to next stage
Ball Corporation and Rexam have announced the terms of a recommended offer by Ball to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rexam in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the offer, for each Rexam share, Rexam shareholders will receive 407p in cash and 0.04568 new Ball shares. The transaction values Rexam […]
Rexam announces 2014 full year results
Rexam has announced its trading results for the full year 2014. Highlights include: • Beverage can volumes up 4% • Underlying organic operating profit up 2% • Underlying earnings per share up 5% • Return on capital employed 14.9% (2013: 15.5%) • Strong free cash flow from continuing operations of £225m • Final dividend of […]
Ball acquires Sonoco’s Ohio facilities
Ball Corporation has completed its acquisition of Sonoco’s metal end and closure facilities in Canton, Ohio. The Canton plants employ approximately 100 people and produce multiple-sized closures for the food can market. They will become part of Ball’s global metal food and household products packaging division. “We are always looking for opportunities to expand into […]
Ball’s 2014 trading update
The Ball Corporation has released its trading results for the full-year 2014. Highlights from the update include: – Full-year 2014 comparable earnings per diluted share were $3.88 vs. $3.28 in 2013; an increase of 18% – Fourth quarter comparable earnings per diluted share were 84 cents vs. 86 cents in 2013 – Solid manufacturing performance […]