# Exal and Ardagh metal packaging businesses combine to form Trivium Packaging

Exal Group, the aluminum can maker acquired by Stonebridge Partners in 2010, combined with Ardagh Group's food and specialty metal packaging division in October 2019 to form Trivium Packaging, with Ardagh holding 43% and Ontario Teachers' and Stonebridge controlling 57%.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-10-02
- Status: completed
- Products: aluminum cans, tin-plate steel packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Trivium Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/2160.md)
- [Exal Group](https://endata.com/companies/2161.md) (partner)
- [Ardagh Group](https://endata.com/companies/2162.md) (partner)
- [Stonebridge Partners](https://endata.com/companies/2163.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [stonebridgepartners.com](https://stonebridgepartners.com/exal-3/), 2017-10-02: "As of October 2019, Exal has combined with the Food & Specialty Metal Packaging division of Ardagh Group to form Trivium Packaging."

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