Ball completes purchase of Brazilian aluminum extrusion facility

Broomfield, Colorado-based Ball Corp. says it has completed the acquisition of Tubex Industria E Comercio de Embalagens Ltda. of Brazil. Ball describes Tubex as “an impact extruded aluminum aerosol packaging business that includes a manufacturing plant in Itupeva, which is near Sao Paolo.”

The business will be folded into Ball’s aluminum aerosol packaging division, joining the company’s existing operations in the Americas, Europe and India.

The Itupeva plant includes eight extruded aluminum aerosol can lines, and produces personal care packaging for global and local customers in Brazil. Aluminum extrusion lines commonly use aluminum scrap as feedstock.

Ball Corp. announced the $80 million acquisition in late May. The company describes itself as a supplier of “innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and household products customers.”