EX-21.1 14 a2118394zex-21_1.htm LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
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Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION

September 9, 2003

        The following is a list of subsidiaries of Ball Corporation (an Indiana Corporation)

Name
   State or Country
of Incorporation
or Organization
   Percentage
Ownership(2)
  
Ball Capital Corp.   Colorado   100 %
Ball Packaging Corp.   Colorado   100 %
  Ball Asia Services Limited   Delaware   100 %
  Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp.   Colorado   100 %
  Ball Plastic Container Corp.   Colorado   100 %
  Ball Metal Food Container Corp.   Delaware   100 %
  Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.   Colorado   100 %
    Latas de Aluminio Ball, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
    Ball Asia Pacific Holdings Limited   Hong Kong   97 %
      Ball Asia Pacific Limited   Hong Kong   97 %
        Beijing FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   97 %
        Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.   PRC   67 %
        Hubei FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   87 %
        Shenzhen M.C. Packaging Limited   PRC   97 %
        Zhongfu (Taicang) Plastics Products Co. Ltd.   PRC   67 %
    Ball Pan-European Holdings, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
      Ball Holdings, S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100 %
          Ball European Holdings, S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100 %
            Ball (Luxembourg) Finance, S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100 %
            Ball (UK) Holdings, Ltd.   England   100 %
              Ball Europe Ltd.   England   100 %
              Ball Company Ltd.   England   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Holding Ltd.   England   100 %
                  Ball Packaging Europe UK Ltd.   England   100 %
          Ball Packaging Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   100 %
              Ball Packaging Europe GmbH   Germany   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Verwaltungs GmbH   Germany   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Hermsdorf GmbH   Germany   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Unterstützungskasse GmbH   Germany   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Belgrade d.o.o.   Yugoslavia   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Handelsgesellschaft mbH   Austria   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Radomsko Sp.z.o.o.   Poland   100 %
          Ball (France) Holdings, SAS   France   100 %
              Ball (France) Investment Holdings, SAS   France   100 %
              Ball Packaging Europe Bierne SAS   France   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe La Ciotat SAS   France   100 %
          Ball Investment Holdings S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100 %
          Ball (The Netherlands) Holdings, B.V.   Netherlands   100 %
              Ball Packaging Europe Holding B.V.   Netherlands   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Oss B.V.   Netherlands   100 %
                Ball Packaging Europe Trading Sp.z.o.o.   Poland   100 %
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.   Delaware   100 %
  Ball Solutions Group   Australia   100 %
           
    Ball Products Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100 %
    Ball Services Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100 %
    Ball Systems Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100 %
    Ball Advanced Imaging and Management Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100 %
      Ball AIMS (Malaysia) SDN BHD   Malaysia   100 %
  Ball Technology Services Corporation   California   100 %
Ball North America, Inc.   Canada   100 %
  Ball Packaging Products Canada Corp.   Canada   100 %
(1)
In accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(21)(ii), the names of certain subsidiaries have been omitted from the foregoing lists. The unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary, as defined in Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).

(2)
Represents the Registrant's direct and/or indirect ownership in each of the subsidiaries' voting capital share.

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