Event Details
China 2012
October 29 - 30
Ball Corporation
Ball Asia Pacific Limited (“BAPL”), a wholly owned Ball Corporation subsidiary, manufactures two-piece beverage cans and ends made of aluminum for beer, carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, fruit juices, teas, milk and yogurt drinks, coffee and alcopops as well as plastic blow mold and injection molded containers for oil, lube (grease), daily care and general household products.
Ball entered China in 1985 as a minority shareholder in Guangzhou M.C. Packaging (Hong Kong) Ltd., and, in 1992 became a partner in FTB Packaging Ltd. In 1997, Ball acquired, through FTB, an approximate 75% controlling interest in M.C. Packaging. In 2001, BAPL sold its general line business in China and Hong Kong to focus on metal beverage cans and ends. In 1999, Ball entered into a joint venture with ExxonMobil (“EM”) to produce plastic containers for EM’s oil and lube products. Ball recently acquired EM’s interest in the joint venture and has expanded its product range to other customers.
Through its wholly-owned plants and joint ventures, BAPL employs approximately 1,300 employees and supplies about 33% of the 2- piece metal beverage container market in the PRC (including Hong Kong).
