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Ball Corporation is a global aluminum manufacturing company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. It is best known for its early production of glass jars, ...
Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956. The aerospace part of the Ball Corporation was then known as Ball Brothers Research Corporation, and later won a contract to build some of NASA's first spacecraft, the Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites. The company has been responsible for numerous technological ...
The Ball brothers from left to right: George A. Ball, Lucius L. Ball, Frank C. Ball, Edmund B. Ball, and William C. Ball. The Ball brothers (Lucius, William, Edmund, Frank, and George) were five American industrialists and philanthropists who established a manufacturing business in New York and Indiana in the 1880s that was renamed the Ball Corporation in 1969.
The Ball Corporation — a packaging and aerospace manufacturing company based in Broomfield, Colorado. Originally the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company (1886–1967), founded by the Ball Brothers and based in Muncie, Indiana .
In that year, the company agreed to be acquired by Ball Corporation for an exchange of stock. Under the deal, Heekin stock was valued at $27 per share. [5] The transaction was completed in 1993, helping to make Ball the third-largest manufacturer of food containers in North America.
The Ball brand of Mason jars were manufactured in several colors, but the most common color was the distinctive "Ball blue," which the Ball Corporation used in its jars from about 1910 to 1930. Mason jars with this particular color of glass may be attributed to Ball, since "virtually no other bottle or jar was made in that color." [8]
In May 2002, Alltrista changed its name to Jarden Corporation. The spin off retained the trademarks to the names Kerr, Ball, and Bernardin. [4] In April 2002, Jarden Corporation acquired Tilia International, owner of the Foodsaver brand, for approximately $160 million.
In February 2015, Rexam accepted Ball Corporation's sweetened takeover offer of £4.4 billion ($6.7 billion), a deal which created one of the world's biggest consumer-packaging suppliers. [24] Ball was required to sell eight U.S. aluminum can plants. [25] In June 2016, Rexam was acquired by Ball Corporation for $8.4 billion. [6] [7]