Ball Corporation is a leading supplier of high quality packaging and innovative packaging solutions to the beverage, food, and household products industries. Ball also owns Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., which develops sensors, spacecraft and components for government and commercial customers. Founded in 1880, the company employs more than 15,500 people in more than 90 locations worldwide. Ball Corporation stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BLL.
Mission and Strategies
To be the premier provider to beverage, food, household and aerospace and technologies customers of the products and services that we offer as we aggressively manage our business, and to explore and pursue acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and other changes that would benefit Ball’s shareholders.
In packaging, our strategy is to leverage our superior continuous process improvement expertise in order to manufacture, market, sell and service high-quality, value-added products that meet the needs of high-volume and/or growing customer segments of the beverage and food markets.
In aerospace and technologies, our strategy is to provide remote sensing systems and solutions to the aerospace and defense markets through products and services used to collect and interpret information needed to support national missions and scientific discovery.
Ball Corporation has changed dramatically over its 125 years, from a small, family-owned business into a public company with people and interests around the world. We believe a core purpose and core values, established in our early years and refined and adhered to throughout our history, have provided us with a guiding philosophy that has helped us prosper.
Core Purpose
Ball Corporation is in business to add value to all of its stakeholders, whether it is providing quality products and services to customers, an attractive return on investment to shareholders, a meaningful work life for employees or a contribution of time, effort and resources to our communities. In all of our interactions, we ask how we can get better - how we can make it better, be better and do better, for our own good and the good of those who have a stake in our success.
Core Values
Integrity: Our reputation for integrity is our most important asset. We will not compromise our integrity or risk damage to our reputation in return for financial gain or any reason.
Respect: We respect our employees, our customers, our suppliers, our shareholders - indeed, all of our stakeholders. In all of our dealings we strive to show that respect and to treat people with dignity.
Motivation: We have a strong desire to be successful and to be measured against the best.
Flexibility: We are willing to challenge our own assumptions and adapt to changing circumstances for the long-term good of the corporation.
Innovation: We strive to be creative and innovative in our products, our processes and the way we conduct business.
Teamwork: We operate as a team. Everyone has his or her job, but it takes all of us working together for the company to succeed.
Recycling and the Environment
As a leading supplier of packaging products, Ball Corporation is committed to supporting efforts that increase and encourage recycling of all packaging materials. We are active members of various industry trade organizations that develop, implement and support recycling efforts. We encourage recycling within our company and within the communities in which we work and live. We do this because it is the right thing to do for the environment, it is important for the long-term growth of our packaging businesses and using recycled material reduces manufacturing costs.
By proactively supporting recycling, and encouraging our employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers, competitors and communities to do the same, we will be in a better position to improve our environment.
