Margarita Ice Introduces New Tropical Flavors in 12-ounce Plastic Bottle From Ball
June 30 2004 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Margarita Ice Introduces New Tropical Flavors in 12-ounce Plastic
Bottle From Ball BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Margarita Ice and Ball Corporation have teamed up to offer four
new Margarita Ice flavors in a no-break 12-ounce plastic bottle.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/LAW025) The
new Margarita Ice flavors -- Margarita Lite Ice, Strawberry, Peach
and Mango -- add a tropical twist to the flavored malt beverage
category. They are already available in the new plastic bottle in
Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and
will be introduced nationally by the end of July. "Margarita Ice is
the one and only margarita flavored beer, and now it is available
in a bottle that can be taken almost anywhere, such as the pool,
the beach and out on the boat," said Mike Ricketts, national sales
manager for Margarita Ice. Ball's plastic bottle provides a
six-month shelf life using the company's proprietary Amazon HM
technology. To find out more about Margarita Ice, please contact
Mike Ricketts at 469-467-8786 or go to the company's Web site at
http://www.margaritaice.com/. To find out more about Ball
Corporation and its innovative plastic and metal packages,
customers should contact Bob Tettero at 303-460-5579. 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 sophisticated sensors,
spacecraft, systems and components for the government and
commercial space 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/LAW025
DATASOURCE: Ball Corporation CONTACT: Customer, Bob Tettero,
+1-303-460-5579, , Investors, Ann Scott, +1-303-460-3537, , or
Media, Scott McCarty, +1-303-460-2103, , all of Ball Corporation
Web site: http://www.margaritaice.com/ Web site:
http://www.ball.com/
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