Posted in Ball Corporation, Ball on Forbes Global 2000 List, Ball Steeltin, Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2011
In its list of the Global 2000 Leading Companies, Forbes Magazine ranked Ball Corporation #1,257 in the overall list and #1 in the containers and packaging category. The list, released on April 20, is based on a combination of company sales, profits, assets and market value. It excludes privately held companies. The ranking differs from [...]
Posted in Ball Steeltin, Recent Achievments, SAM's annual Sustainability Yearbook, The Calvert Social Index, The FTSE4Good Index Series, Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2011
BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/– During 2010, Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) reduced its global energy use by 2 percent and waste-to-landfill by 6 percent, the company said today. All reductions are based on per unit of production. Eleven of Ball’s manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe now send no waste to [...]
Posted in 100 Best Corporate Citizens, Ball Corporation, Ball Steeltin, Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Ball Heitage, Ball Steeltin, Go Green, HPR Award (Highly Protected Risk) for 2010, tin containers, Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Ball Corporation, Ball Heitage, Ball Steeltin, Custom Tins, tin containers, Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Ball Corporation, Ball Steeltin, Custom Tins, tin containers, Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Ball Corporation, Go Green, Maplecraft Ranking, tin containers, Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2010
Maplecroft, a leading source of global and risk analysis, has ranked Ball as one of the top Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) leaders for 2010. CIIs evaluate company performance in climate-related innovation and carbon management and are based on public disclosure and direct engagement. Ball ranked 69 out of 100 leader companies. Maplecroft set a benchmark [...]
Posted in Ball Corporation, Ball Steeltin, Go Green, GOOD4U Alumi-Tek® Bottle, Holiday Tins, tin containers, Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2010
Ball Steeltin, maker of Christmas tins and cookie tins, created the 16-oz. Alumi-Tek® bottle for GOOD4U Sports & Wellness Formulas which is a winner in the Bronze category for the 2010 Global Packaging Design Awards. The awards, sponsored by Beverage World magazine, recognize the best in beverage packaging design from around the world.
Posted in Custom Tins, Digital Printing on Tins, tin containers on Oct 28th, 2010
Metal tins are perfect containers for food and perishable products and gifts, as is evidenced by their long history of use spanning centuries. Nowadays, your handouts and special edition products can be placed in metal tins that take advantage of new advances in digital printing technology. It’s easy to fully customize your packaging to create [...]
Posted in Ball Steeltin, Cookie Tins, Go Green, Recycling on Sep 30th, 2010
Ball’s plant in Baltimore, MD (Ball Steeltin), has reduced its landfill volume by 99 percent and is one of two plants that are designated as “zero waste to landfill.” Ball’s plant in Kapolei, Hawaii, is also zero waste to landfill. Waste is a sustainability priority and one of Ball’s “Big 6″ areas of focus for [...]