Fred Doyle Selected by Ball Aerospace as Vice President, Special Programs
April 05 2005 - 6:11PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fred Doyle Selected by Ball Aerospace as Vice President, Special
Programs BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has named Frederick J. Doyle,
Jr. as vice president of special programs. The position oversees
critical programs and technologies for restricted customers, a key
market area for the company. Doug Neam, who served in this role
since early 2004, will return to his prior position of vice
president, program operations. "Adding an accomplished professional
like Fred Doyle to our management team is a significant milestone
for Ball Aerospace," said David L. Taylor, president and CEO. "He
brings a vast knowledge of the intelligence market and a strong
understanding of performance on highly complex national programs.
We look forward to having his expertise and outstanding customer
relationships," Taylor added. Prior to joining Ball Aerospace,
Doyle was executive vice president of solutions at Space Imaging.
Other positions with that company included vice president of
defense / intelligence solutions, vice president of advanced
systems, vice president of development and director of systems
engineering. Fred was responsible for the integration and
initialization of the IKONOS satellite. Before joining Space
Imaging, Doyle spent 20 years in government service, working for
the Defense Mapping Agency (the precursor to the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - NGA), the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He holds
a master's degree in photogrammetry from Purdue University and a
bachelor's degree in engineering from Virginia Technological
University. Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) 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 13,200 people worldwide and reported 2004 sales of $5.4
billion. The company is celebrating its 125th year in 2005.
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 the recent significant increases in
resin, steel, aluminum and energy costs, and the ability to pass
such increases on to customers; competitive packaging 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 or supplier
contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier; 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; 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 or management's evaluation of the company's
internal control over financial reporting. DATASOURCE: Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. CONTACT: David Beachley of Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp., +1-303-533-5089, Web site:
http://www.ballaerospace.com/
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