Form  8-A

SECURITIES  AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION
Washington,  D.C.    20549


For  Registration  of  Certain  Classes  of  Securities
Pursuant  to  Section  12(b)  or  (g)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934

Commission  File  No.  0-21052

Alltrista  Corporation
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(Exact  name  of  registrant  as  specified  in  its  charter)






                                       

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           35-1828377
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(State of incorporation. . . . . . . . .     (I.R.S. Employer
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or organization) . . . . . . . . . . . .  Identification No.)
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345 South High Street
Muncie, Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . .                47307
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(Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
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Securities  to  be  registered  pursuant  to  Section  12(b)  of  the  Act:






                                

           Title of each class to                          
            be so registered. . .  Name of Exchange
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Common Stock, without par value .  New York Stock Exchange



     If  this  form  relates  to  the  registration  of  a class of securities
pursuant  to  Section  12(b)  of the Exchange Act and as effective pursuant to
General  Instruction  A.(c),  check  the  following  box: [X]

     If  this  form  relates  to  the  registration  of  a class of securities
pursuant  to  Section  12(g)  of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to
General  Instruction  A.(d),  check  the  following  box:


Securities  to  be  registered  pursuant  to  Section  12(g)  of the Act: None




Item  1.  Description  of  Registrant's  Securities  to  be  Registered.

     The securities to be registered hereby are shares of the Common Stock, no
par  value,  of  the  registrant  (the  "Common  Stock").

     The  total  number  of shares of all classes of stock that the registrant
has  authority  to  issue  under  its  Articles of Incorporation is 30,000,000
shares,  of  which 5,000,000 represent shares of preferred stock, no par value
(the  "Preferred Stock") and 25,000,000 represent shares of Common Stock.   As
of  September 28, 1997, there were 7,981,317 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding.    No  shares  of  Preferred  Stock  are  presently  issued  and
outstanding.

     Holders  of  Common  Stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all
maters  voted on by the shareholders of the registrant, including the election
of  directors.  The  Articles  of  Incorporation do not provide for cumulative
voting  in  the  election of directors.  Subject to any preferential rights of
any outstanding series of Preferred Stock created by the registrant's Board of
Directors,  the  holders  of the registrant's Common Stock will be entitled to
such  dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors
from  funds  available  therefore,  and  upon  liquidation will be entitled to
receive  pro  rata  all assets of the registrant available for distribution to
such  holders.  The payment and level of cash dividends by the registrant will
be  subject  to  the discretion of the Board of Directors.  Dividend decisions
will  be  based  upon a number of factors, including the operating results and
financial  requirements  of  the  registrant.  The registrant has no immediate
intention  to  pay  cash  dividends.

     The  Board  of  Directors  is  authorized  to provide for the issuance of
shares  of  Preferred  Stock,  in one or more series, and to fix for each such
series  the designation and relative rights (including, if any, conversion and
participation,  voting  and  dividend  rights  and  stated  redemption  and
liquidation  values), preferences, limitations and restrictions, as are stated
in  the  resolution  adopted by the Board of Directors and as are permitted by
the  Indiana  Business  Corporation  Law.  In connection with a certain rights
agreement by and between the registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New
York  dated  as  of  March 22, 1993, the Board of Directors has designated and
reserved  for  issuance  a  series  of  250,000  shares  of  Series  A  Junior
Participating  Preferred  Stock.

Item  2.  Exhibits

     All Exhibits required by Instruction II to item 2 will be supplied to the
New  York  Stock  Exchange.

     Signature

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of  1934,  the  registrant  has  duly caused this registration statement to be
signed  on  its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereto  duly  authorized.


ALLTRISTA  CORPORATION



By:      /s/  Thomas  B.  Clark
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              Thomas  B.  Clark
              President  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

Date:  December  3,  1997