Ball ranks No. 300 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list, Fortune Magazine’s annual list of the U.S. companies with the largest revenue. Ball reported 2010 sales of $7.6 billion. That was enough to move Ball up into No. 300, just one place ahead of Crown Holdings, who came in at No. 301. Ball ranks as the largest company in the packaging/containers [...]
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Corporate Responsibility Magazine has recognized Ball as one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens. In the magazine’s 12th annual ranking released on March 2, Ball ranked 94 out of 100 companies. The “100 Best List” is based on publically available information and ranks Russell 1000 companies on their performance in seven key areas: environment, climate [...]
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Employees in Findlay set several records during the third quarter, including: Production -Set daily, weekly and five week records for production of 12-oz. aluminum beverage cans -Set daily and weekly records for production of 7.5-oz aluminum beverage cans -Set daily and weekly records for production of 5.5-oz aluminum beverage cans -Set manufacturing spoilage record on [...]
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Ball Metal Food & Household Products Packaging Division received the HPR Award (Highly Protected Risk) for 2010 from FM Global. FM Global believes that the majority of loss is preventable. Ball takes a similar approach in the areas of accident prevention and property conservation and puts tremendous effort into plant housekeeping and maintenance in order [...]
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Since the founding of the company, Ball has advanced from the small tin can manufacturer to a manufacturing company with an international aerospace business. Ball is known throughout the world for its metal and for its PET plastic beverage and food containers as well as its aerospace technology. The five brothers who founded the company [...]
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For 130 years, Ball Steeltin has been an industry leader in packaging development. Ball Steeltin’s industry-leading product development team and specialty packaging division can make unique packaging solutions to suit any business’s needs. Ball Specialty Packaging’s experienced staff includes food scientists, packing and tooling engineers, arts & graphics personnel, metallurgists, and coating specialists. Tooling development and [...]
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Posted in Ball Steeltin, Go Green, Recycling on Feb 28th, 2010
The Ball Corporation has taken corporate responsibility and sustainability one step further. Ball became the first packaging company based in North American to publish a sustainability report on June 30, 2008. Sustainability is a way of conducting business that creates social, environmental and economic value for society, the planet and the company’s shareholders. Ball is [...]
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