Ball's Brazilian Joint Venture to Build Beverage Can Plant

Ball Corporation BLL announced today that Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda., the company's majority-owned beverage can joint venture in Brazil, plans to build a new beverage can manufacturing plant in Alagoinhas, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The plant will initially operate one manufacturing line with the capability to make multiple aluminum can sizes, and is expected to start up in early 2012.