February 28: Ball Corporation is planning to expand its plastics business with the acquisition of Alcan Packaging’s North American food and drinks plastics container operations.
The $180 million cash deal will add three plants in Illinois, Ohio and Ontario and some research assets to the plastics operations of Ball, which is also North America’s largest manufacturer of food and drinks cans.
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