Listen Live to Ball Presentation at the Longbow Research Paper & Packaging Conference
October 30 2007 - 1:02PM
PR Newswire (US)
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL), one of the world's leading suppliers of
metal and plastic packaging to the beverage, food and household
products industries, will speak to the investment community on Nov.
6 at the Longbow Research Paper & Packaging Conference in
Chicago. R. David Hoover, chairman, president and chief executive
officer, is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. Central Time. To listen
to the presentation live via Web cast, please use the following
URL:
http://www.shareholder.com/long/MediaRegister.cfm?MediaID=28106. A
replay of the presentation will be available approximately two
hours after the presentation ends and will be accessible for up to
90 days at the same URL. Ball Corporation is a supplier of
high-quality metal and plastic packaging products for beverage,
food and household customers, and of aerospace and other
technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball
Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 15,500 people
worldwide and reported 2006 sales of $6.6 billion. Forward-Looking
Statements This release contains "forward-looking" statements
concerning future events and financial performance. Words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "estimates" and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such 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 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Exhibit 99.2 in our Form 10-K, which 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 and preferences; availability and cost of raw materials,
including 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; crop yields; industry
productive capacity and competitive activity; failure to achieve
anticipated productivity improvements or production cost
reductions, including those associated with our beverage can end
project; the German mandatory deposit or other restrictive
packaging laws; changes in major customer or supplier contracts or
loss of a major customer or supplier; and changes in foreign
exchange rates, tax rates and activities of foreign subsidiaries.
Factors that might affect our aerospace segment include: funding,
authorization, availability and returns of government and
commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and technical
uncertainties affecting segment contracts. Factors that might
affect the company as a whole include those listed plus: accounting
changes; successful or unsuccessful acquisitions, joint ventures or
divestitures; integration of recently acquired businesses;
regulatory action or laws including tax, environmental and
workplace safety; governmental investigations; technological
developments and innovations; goodwill impairment; antitrust,
patent and other litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of
return projected and earned on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; pension changes; reduced cash flow;
interest rates affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited results
due to statutory audits or other effects. 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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