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Ball Corp. names leader of global metal beverage packaging

Broomfield, Colo.-based Ball Corp. has hired Erik Bouts as senior vice president of the corporation and COO of global metal beverage packaging, effective Feb. 1. He will be based in Zurich.

Bouts most recently was president of Owens-Illinois, Europe. Before that he was CEO at The Glidden Co., a subsidiary of AkzoNobel. He also held a variety of positions at the Philips Group, including leading the shaving and grooming business unit and serving as president and CEO of Philips Lighting North America.