Ball Corporation announced that Stan Platek, vice president and general manager of Ball's aerosol packaging business, will retire effective March 15, 2021, after more than 24 years in the aluminum aerosol and slug industry. James W. Billings, vice president, commercial for Ball's Beverage Packaging, North and Central America business since 2015, will succeed Platek. Billings has more than 16 years of commercial, product innovation, marketing and leadership experience supporting a wide range of beverage packaging customers. He joined Ball in 2006 in a marketing capacity and since then has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility. He was named vice president, commercial for Beverage Packaging, North and Central America in 2015.