 Packaging company Sonoco Products Co. SON, -1.49 said Monday it has agreed to acquire Ball Metalpack, a joint venture owned by Platinum Equity and Ball Corp. BLL, 0.49 for 1.35 billion in cash, before tax benefits estimated at about 180 million. Ball Metalpack is based in Broomfield, Colorado and was created in 2018 out of Ball Corp. to make tinplate food and aerosol cans, as well as closures and packaging components from eight facilities. 