Ball Corporation Launches New Web Site
February 07 2005 - 4:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Ball Corporation Launches New Web Site BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 7
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today
launched a new Web site as the company celebrates its 125th
anniversary year. The new site, at http://www.ball.com/, reflects
Ball's emphasis on custom packaging and innovation and provides a
number of new features, including expanded product catalogs, a more
extensive investors section, recycling information and more
convenient contact information. The main theme of the site is "Eat.
Drink. Imagine." to reflect Ball's food and beverage packaging as
well as the company's focus on innovation. Four short animations
invite viewers to help celebrate Ball's 125th anniversary, its
employees, the company's worldwide operations and the key role
packaging plays in the everyday lives of consumers. Ball launched
its first Internet site in 1995. The new site will evolve as Ball
continues to add new products and services. It also serves as a
portal to the Web sites of Ball's subsidiaries, Ball Packaging
Europe and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ball Corporation
is a supplier of high-quality metal and plastic packaging products
to the beverage and food industries. The company also owns Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp., which develops sensors,
spacecraft, systems and components for government and commercial
markets. Ball employs more than 14,000 people worldwide and
reported 2004 sales of $5.4 billion. Forward-Looking Statements The
information in this news release contains "forward-looking"
statements and other statements concerning future events and
financial performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates,"
"estimates," and variations of same and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Key risks and
uncertainties are summarized in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in Exhibit 99.2 in
the most recent Form 10-K. These filings are available at our Web
site and at http://www.sec.gov/. Factors that might affect our
packaging segments include fluctuation in consumer and customer
demand; availability and cost of raw materials, particularly resin,
steel, aluminum and energy, and the ability to pass on to customers
changes in these costs; competitive packaging material
availability, pricing and substitution; changes in climate and
weather; fruit, vegetable and fishing yields; industry productive
capacity and competitive activity; lack of productivity improvement
or production cost reductions; the German mandatory deposit or
other restrictive packaging laws; changes in major customer
contracts or loss of a major customer; international business
risks, including foreign exchange rates, tax rates and activities
of foreign subsidiaries; and the effect of LIFO accounting on
earnings. Factors that might affect aerospace segment include:
funding, authorization and availability of government contracts and
the nature and continuation of those contracts; and technical
uncertainty associated with segment contracts. Factors that could
affect the company as a whole include those listed plus:
acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures and associated
integration activities; regulatory action or laws including
environmental and workplace safety; governmental investigations;
goodwill impairment; antitrust and other litigation; strikes;
boycotts; increases in employee benefits and labor costs; rates of
return projected and earned on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; reduced cash flow; interest rates
affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited results due to
statutory audits of our financial statements or internal controls
over financial reporting. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT:
Investors, Ann T. Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or Media, Scott
McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , both of Ball Corporation Web site:
http://www.ball.com/
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