Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION (1)

December 31, 2004
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 Packaging Corp.   Colorado   100 %
     Ball Asia Services Limited   Delaware   100 %
     Ball Capital Corp. II   Delaware   100 %
     Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.   Colorado   100 %
         Latas de Aluminio Ball, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
         Metal Packaging International, Inc.   Colorado   100 %
         Ball Asia Pacific Holdings Limited   Hong Kong   97 %
              Ball Asia Pacific Limited   Hong Kong   97 %
                  Ball Asia Pacific Beijing Metal Container Limited   PRC   97 %
                  Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.   PRC   67 %
                  Ball Asia Pacific Hubei Metal Container Limited   PRC   87 %
                  Ball Asia Pacific Shenzhen Metal Container 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 Managing GmbH   Germany   100 %
                      Ball Investment Holdings S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100 %
                           Ball Packaging Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   100 %
                               Ball Packaging Europe GmbH   Germany   100 %
                                    Ball Packaging Europe Beteiligungs GmbH   Germany   100 %
                                        Ball Packaging Europe Radomsko Sp.z o.o.   Poland   100 %
                                            Recal Organizacja Odzysku S.A.   Poland   100 %
                                    Ball Packaging Europe Belgrade d.o.o.   Serbia   100 %
                                    Ball Packaging Europe Handelsges mbH   Austria   100 %
                      Ball (France) Holdings, S.A.S.   France   100 %
                           Ball (France) Investment Holdings, S.A.S.   France   100 %
                           Ball Packaging Europe Bierne, S.A.S.   France   100 %
                               Ball Packaging Europe La Ciotat, S.A.S.   France   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 Metal Food Container Corp.   Delaware   100 %
         Ball Metal Food Container, LLC (formerly Ball Western Can LLC)   Delaware   100 %
     Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp.   Colorado   100 %
     Ball Plastic Container Corp.   Colorado   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   Australia   100 %
         Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100 %
         Ball AIMS (Malaysia) SDN BHD   Malaysia   100 %
     Ball Technology Services Corporation   California   100 %
Ball North America Corp.   Canada   100 %
     Ball Atlantic Enterprises, Inc.   Canada   100 %
     Ball Nova Scotia Holdings LLP   Canada   100 %
         Ball Packaging Products Canada Corp.   Canada   100 %

The following is a list of affiliates of Ball Corporation included in the financial statements under the equity or cost accounting methods:

Rocky Mountain Metal Container, LLC   Colorado   50 %
Vexcel Corporation   Colorado   50 %
DigitalGlobe, Inc.   Delaware   6 %
Lam Soon-Ball Yamamura   Taiwan   8 %
Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda.   Brazil   50 %
Recal Organizacja Odzysku S.A.   Poland   50 %
Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   34 %
Thai Beverage Can Ltd.   Thailand   7 %

(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.