BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE: BLL) and Unilever have partnered to bring a more
sustainable aluminum aerosol can to the market. The new Rexona and
Sure antiperspirant cans employ Ball's innovative ReAl™ technology.
The newly created metal alloy that utilizes recycled content
exhibits increased strength and allows Ball to lightweight its
impact extruded aerosol cans by 20 percent. This equates to an
approximate product carbon footprint reduction of 18 percent for
the 150-milliliter aerosol can used for Unilever's Rexona and
Sure antiperspirant when compared to a standard can.
Ball's partnership with Unilever to lightweight their can using
ReAl™ technology brings significant environmental benefits to the
customer while providing the same can performance. The Rexona and
Sure antiperspirant aluminum aerosol cans are supplied by Ball for
the European market.
For more information about Ball's aerosol packaging innovations,
visit www.ball.com/aerosolinnovation.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, food and
household products customers, as well as aerospace and other
technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government. Ball
Corporation and its subsidiaries employ 18,450 people worldwide and
reported 2016 net sales of $9.1 billion. For more
information, visit www.ball.com, or connect with us
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at www.sec.gov. Additional factors that might affect: a) our
packaging segments include product demand fluctuations;
availability/cost of raw materials; competitive packaging, pricing
and substitution; changes in climate and weather; competitive
activity; failure to achieve synergies, productivity improvements
or cost reductions; mandatory deposit or other restrictive
packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation, power and
supply chain influence; changes in major customer or supplier
contracts or a loss of a major customer or supplier; political
instability and sanctions; currency controls; and changes in
foreign exchange or tax rates; b) our aerospace segment include
funding, authorization, availability and returns of government and
commercial contracts; and delays, extensions and technical
uncertainties affecting segment contracts; c) the company as a
whole include those listed plus: changes in senior management;
regulatory action or issues including tax, environmental, health
and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and other actions or
public concerns affecting products filled in our containers, or
chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; technological developments and innovations;
litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of return on assets
of the company's defined benefit retirement plans; pension changes;
uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and governmental
policies both in the U.S. and in other countries, including the
U.S. government elections, budget, sequestration and debt limit;
reduced cash flow; ability to achieve cost-out initiatives and
synergies; interest rates affecting our debt; and successful or
unsuccessful acquisitions and divestitures, including with respect
to the Rexam PLC acquisition and its integration, or the associated
divestiture; the effect of the acquisition or the divestiture on
our business relationships, operating results and business
generally.
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