EXHIBIT 23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Published on February 22, 2006
Exhibit
23
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We
hereby
consent to the incorporation by reference in each Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 to Form S-16 (Registration
Nos. 2-62247 and 2-65638) and in each Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration Nos. 33-3027, 33-16674, 33-19035, 33-40196, 33-58741 and
333-129292) and in each Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 33-21506, 33-40199, 33-37548, 33-28064, 33-15639, 33-61986, 33-51121,
333-26361, 333-32393, 333-84561, 333-52862, 333-62550, 333-67180, 333-67284
and
333-124449) of Ball Corporation of our report dated February 22, 2006
relating to the financial statements, management’s assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form
10-K.
/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Denver,
Colorado
February
22, 2006
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