Ball CEO Dave Hoover to Make Keynote Presentation at the Canmaker Summit in Denver
May 25 2004 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Ball CEO Dave Hoover to Make Keynote Presentation at the Canmaker
Summit in Denver BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- R. David Hoover, Ball Corporation's chairman, president and
chief executive officer, will make the keynote presentation at The
Canmaker Summit May 27 in Denver, Colo. Hoover's presentation is
titled "The Future is Now for Can Makers -- Five Things We Must Do
to Ensure Our Industry's Success." He will speak at 8:45 a.m. on
Thursday at the Colorado Convention Center. To receive a copy of
Hoover's prepared remarks after his presentation, e-mail requests
to . More than 220 billion recyclable beverage cans are made
globally each year. Ball is the largest beverage can manufacturer
in North America and one of the largest in the world, producing
approximately 45 billion cans annually. The Canmaker Summit is a
premier industry event at which new technologies, opportunities and
business practices are unveiled and discussed. The 2004 theme --
Broadening the Horizons -- embraces subjects such as innovative
metal packaging and market intelligence. The Canmaker Summit will
be held from May 27 - 28 as part of the Cannex 2004 trade show.
Ball Corporation is a leading supplier of high-quality packaging
products and innovative packaging solutions to the beverage and
food industries. The company also owns Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp., which develops sensors, spacecraft, systems and
components for the government and commercial markets. Ball employs
12,600 people worldwide and reported 2003 sales of $4.9 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 such words
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 the company's website and at
http://www.sec.gov/. Factors that might affect the packaging
segments of the company include fluctuation in consumer and
customer demand; 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; availability and cost of raw materials,
such as resin, steel and aluminum, and the ability to pass on to
customers changes in these costs; changes in major customer
contracts or the loss of a major customer; international business
risks, such as foreign exchange rates and tax rates; and the effect
of LIFO accounting on earnings. Factors that might affect the
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: successful and unsuccessful acquisitions, joint
ventures or divestitures and associated integration activities;
regulatory action or laws including environmental and workplace
safety; goodwill impairment; antitrust and other litigation;
strikes; boycotts; increases in various employee benefits and labor
costs; rates of return projected and earned on assets of the
company's defined benefit retirement plans; reduced cash flow; and
interest rates affecting our debt. DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation
CONTACT: Investors, Ann Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or Media, Scott
McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , both of Ball Corporation
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