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Ocean Spray Selects Ball Corporation for Supplier of the Year Sustainability Award

Monday 11. October 2010 - Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) has received Ocean Spray's Supplier of the Year Award for sustainability. Ocean Spray chose Ball for the company's "overall commitment to environmental sustainability, long-running efforts in packaging reduction and lightweighting and the spirit of transparency" regarding Ball's sustainability initiatives.

The award is part of Ocean Spray’s 2010 Strategic Supplier Partnership Awards. Ball supplies recyclable aluminum cans for a variety of Ocean Spray beverages.

Ocean Spray noted examples of Ball’s recent sustainability success, including:

Decreasing energy usage by 11 percent from 2007 to 2009 and increasing energy efficiency (energy used per 1,000 units produced) by 9 percent during the same period
Achieving a 13 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 compared to a 2002 baseline
Decreasing absolute corporate water usage by 8.6 percent from 2007 to 2009
Converting to a new beverage can end that uses more than 10 percent less aluminum
Ball Corporation is a supplier of high-quality packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more than 14,000 people worldwide and reported 2009 sales of more than $7.3 billion including discontinued operations.