Ball Packaging Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG · Ratingen Germany

Ball Packaging Europe maintains a can-do attitude, manufacturing aluminum beverage cans for beer, carbonated soft drinks, fruit juices, and other consumer uses. The German company produces beverage cans from 375 milliliters (about 12 oz.) to 5-liter novelty containers and controls about 30% of the European market. It makes widget cans and full-aperture end products as well. The company offers container printing (in-can, under the tab), embossing (branding), and luminescent inks for decoration. Major customers include Coca-Cola, Coors, Bavaria, Heineken, and Guinness. Ball Corporation, a metal and plastic package company, bought Schmalbach-Lubeca in 2003 and changed its name. To read the full description, subscribe now.