Ball Completes Acquisition of Aerocan S.A.S.

Ball has completed its previously announced acquisition of Aerocan S.A.S.

1/21/2011 --- Ball Corporation completed its acquisition of Aerocan S.A.S., a leading supplier of extruded aluminum aerosol cans and bottles in Europe. Ball announced the acquisition in December 2010.

The acquisition, combined with Ball's 2010 acquisition of Neuman Aluminum in the U.S., makes Ball a leading global supplier of aluminum slugs used to make extruded aluminum packaging.

Aerocan manufactures extruded aluminum aerosol cans and bottles, and aluminum slugs used to make them, for customers in the personal care, pharmaceutical, beverage and food industries. It operates three aerosol can manufacturing plants - in Velim, Czech Republic; Bellegarde, France; and Devizes, United Kingdom - and is a 51 percent owner of a joint venture aluminum slug plant in Beaurepaire, France. The plants employ approximately 560 people.