BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Corporation
(NYSE: BLL), the largest supplier of beverage cans in the world, is
the first beverage can supplier to manufacture a 568mL can – about
19.2 ounces – in North
America. The new can size extends Ball's global beverage can
portfolio leadership.
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"The 568mL can, often called a royal or imperial pint in the
United Kingdom, offers Ball's
North American customers a new option to differentiate their brands
and appeal to consumers," said Robert M.
Miles, vice president, sales, for Ball's metal beverage
packaging division, Americas. "Can size has proven to be an
important element of branding and Ball now offers more than 20 can
sizes worldwide."
The sleek looking 568mL beverage can's unique size –
approximately the height of a 24-ounce can and the diameter of a
16-ounce can – provides beverage makers with valuable on-the-shelf
differentiation and is ideal for energy drinks, teas, alcoholic
beverages and other premium products.
As with all Ball aluminum beverage cans and aluminum bottles,
the 568mL can contains the highest percent of recycled content on
average of any beverage substrate, chills quickly, is stackable and
100 percent recyclable.
Ball Corporation is a supplier of high quality packaging for
beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace
and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S.
government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than
14,500 people worldwide and reported 2010 sales of more than
$7.6 billion. For the latest Ball
news and for other company information, please visit
http://www.ball.com/.
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future events and financial performance. Words such as "expects,"
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risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
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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 on our website and at
www.sec.gov. Factors that might affect our packaging segments
include fluctuation in product demand and preferences; availability
and cost of raw materials; competitive packaging availability,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; crop
yields; competitive activity; failure to achieve anticipated
productivity improvements or production cost reductions; mandatory
deposit or other restrictive packaging laws; changes in major
customer or supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or
supplier; political instability and sanctions; and changes in
foreign exchange rates or tax rates. 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; changes in senior management; the
recent global recession and its effects on liquidity, credit risk,
asset values and the economy; successful or unsuccessful
acquisitions; regulatory action or laws including tax,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions affecting products filled in our containers, or
chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; 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; uncertainties
surrounding the U.S. government budget and debt limit; reduced cash
flow; interest rates affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited
results due to statutory audits or other effects.
SOURCE Ball Corporation