8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2000



                              ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            Indiana                      0-21052                35-1828377
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)


      5875 Castle Creek Parkway, North Drive
            Suite 440, Indianapolis, IN                   46250
     (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (317) 577-5000


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Item 5.  Other Events.
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     On June 2, 2000,  Alltrista  Corporation  issued a press release announcing
the  acquisition  by Alltrista  Corporation as of June 1, 2000, of the assets of
Synergy  World,  Inc.,  a Missouri  based  designer  and  marketer  of  portable
restrooms. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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     The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report:

     (a) Not Applicable

     (b) Not Applicable

     (c) Exhibits

         99                Press release dated June 2, 2000.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                  ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
                                       (Registrant)



Date:  June 13, 2000              By:   /s/ Kevin D. Bower
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                                        Kevin D. Bower
                                        Senior Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number          Description of Exhibit
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      99                Press release dated June 2, 2000.

EX-99

                         Alltrista Corporation acquires
                 Missouri-based marketer of portable restrooms

INDIANAPOLIS,  Ind.,  June 2, 2000--  Alltrista  Corporation  (NYSE:  ALC) today
reported   that  it  has  acquired  the  assets  of  Synergy   World,   Inc.,  a
Missouri-based  designer  and marketer of portable  restrooms  sold to equipment
rental  companies,  waste services  companies and diversified  sanitation firms.
Price of the purchase, completed on June 1, 2000, was not disclosed.

     Synergy World employs 10 people at its St.  Louis,  Missouri  headquarters.
The company had 1999 sales of $10.5 million.

     "Alltrista Corporation,  under a supply agreement,  has produced all of the
units sold by  Synergy  over the last four  years in our  vertically  integrated
plastic sheet  extrusion and  thermoforming  operations,"  said Thomas B. Clark,
chairman,  president and chief executive officer of Alltrista. "Sales to Synergy
during this period have increased at a compound  annual growth rate of 32%." Mr.
Clark added, "Synergy is one of the leaders in the U.S. market, a position which
it attained  through superior design,  quality and marketing  capabilities.  Our
growth  strategy  for Synergy  will be leveraged  off our  substantial  scale in
plastic sheet extrusion and thermoforming."

     Worldwide, the portable sanitation market is estimated to have annual sales
of $1.5 billion and has grown at a 7.2% annual rate over the past decade.

     Alltrista  Corporation  is a  materials-based  company.  Its plastics group
serves numerous fields including healthcare,  consumer, appliance, motor vehicle
and  industrial  markets.  Through its metals  group,  Alltrista  is the leading
supplier of home canning products,  under the Ball(R),  Kerr(R) and Bernardin(R)
brands,  and is the  country's  largest  producer  of zinc strip and  fabricated
products, including coin blanks for the U.S. and foreign mints.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking  statements as encouraged by
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
are projections that are subject to change upon the occurrence of certain events
which may affect the business,  many of which are set forth as an exhibit in the
company's Form 10-K report filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
March 30, 2000.

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