John P. Casciano Joins Ball Aerospace
July 26 2004 - 3:46PM
PR Newswire (US)
John P. Casciano Joins Ball Aerospace BOULDER, Colo., July 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
(NYSE:BLL) announced that John P. Casciano has joined Ball
Aerospace as Director, Systems Engineering for the National Capital
Area. Casciano will focus on Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (ISR) and Integrated Battlespace programs and
agencies in the Washington, DC area. A retired Air Force Major
General, Casciano served in various command and staff positions in
the United States and overseas during his 32-year military career.
In his last position before retirement, he was the Headquarters Air
Force Director of ISR and the Service's senior Intelligence
Community official. Previously, he was Commander of the Air
Intelligence Agency in San Antonio, Texas, leading a 16,000-person
organization. "John's extensive experience in the Intelligence
Community and success in the private sector make him uniquely
qualified to support Ball Aerospace's ISR and Integrated
Battlespace pursuits," said Dave Taylor, President and CEO of Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. "He was a leader in bringing the
benefits of national intelligence capabilities to the warfighter,
and he complements Ball's distinguished history of performance in
this area." Casciano received both his bachelor's and master's
degrees in political science from Georgetown University in
Washington, DC. He has also attended executive education programs
in business management and national security at Harvard and the
Wharton School. Ball Corporation is a supplier of high-quality
metal and plastic 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 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 Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
CONTACT: Jennifer Meyer, +1-303-533-4213, or Sarah Hoyt,
+1-303-533-4945, both of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.,
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