ALLIANZ CAPITAL PARTNERS, an investment subsidiary of the German insurance company ALLIANZ, and the E.ON energy group have announced the sale, for EUR 1.2 billion, of Europe's second largest manufacturer of tins for food, the German SCHMALBACH-LUBECA (annual turnover close to EUR 950 million with 2500 employed) to the American group BALL (annual turnover $3.7 billion) the US leader in this sector.