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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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