date:Aug 22, 2012
Ardagh Group agreed a deal worth $880m (721m) to buy Anchor Glass Container Corporation from Wayzata Investment Partners LLC last month.
The deal will increase the size of Ardaghs glass business by 50% and result in a US glass industry market share of 23%.
Anchor is the third largest glass container manufacturer in the US, producing 5.6 billion containers annually from its eight facilities.
Speaking when the deal was first announced, Ardagh Group CEO, Niall Wall, said: This transaction is v