Coulson’s Ardagh hopes to control US firm

Company in bid to snap up parts of rival Ball Corporation

Paul Coulson

Ardagh, the glass bottle and container packaging company controlled by billionaire Paul Coulson, has thrown its hat into the ring to snap up parts of rival Ball Corporation.

Ball, a US company, has been told it must sell off more than a dozen metal can manufacturing plants in Britain, Europe and Brazil to secure its own takeover of British company Rexam.

The assets could cost the winning bidder about €3.6 billion. An announcement ...