Ball Corporation

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Private: 
Public: 
Ticker: 
BLL
Market cap: 
$5,100 million
Country of incorporation: 
United States of America
Industry: 
Industrials
Description: 

Ball Corporation (Ball), is a supplier of metal and plastic packaging, to the beverages, food and household product industries. The Company also supplies aerospace and other technologies and services to governmental and commercial customers within its aerospace and technologies segment (Ball Aerospace).1.

  1. 1. google finance description
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1. Ball Aerospace makes up for 10% of Ball Corporation's total revenue1.
2. Ball Aerospace's mission areas include - Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (for defense and commercial use), Space Science & Exploration, Weather & Environment, Integrated Battlespace (for defense use), Space Superiority and Technology Components.2 Example of Ball Aerospace's defense program - the company designs, developes, manufactures and tests the Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) integrated body antenna suite for the F-35 Lightning II (the Department of Defense’s Next Generation Fighter/attack tactical aircraft.)3.
3. Primary customers for Ball aerospace segment are U.S. government agencies or their prime contractors. (2008 10K)

  1. 1. bloomberg Dec 2008
  2. 2. http://www.ballaerospace.com/page.jsp?page=11
  3. 3. http://www.ballaerospace.com/page.jsp?page=70
Notes: 

HQ in Broomfield, CO. Could not find Ball Aerospace's revenue break-up for defense and commercial customers.

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