KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and appoint R. David Hoover, Raymond J. Seabrook and Douglas K. Bradford, and any one or all of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation the Form 10-K of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to sign any amendment to such Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized.

Date: February 22, 2006               

/s/ R. David Hoover			/s/ Howard M. Dean
R. David Hoover	Officer		Howard M. Dean	Director
/s/ Raymond J. Seabrook			/s/ Hanno C. Fiedler
Raymond J. Seabrook	Officer		Hanno C. Fiedler	Director
/s/ Douglas K. Bradford			/s/ R. David Hoover
Douglas K. Bradford	Officer		R. David Hoover	Chairman of the Board
				and Director
			/s/ John F. Lehman
			John F. Lehman		Director
			/s/ Jan Nicholson
			Jan Nicholson		Director
			/s/ George A. Sissel
			George A. Sissel		Director
			/s/ George M. Smart
			George M. Smart		Director
			/s/ Theodore M. Solso
			Theodore M. Solso		Director
			/s/ Stuart A. Taylor II
			Stuart A. Taylor II		Director
			/s/ Erik H. van der Kaay
			Erik H. van der Kaay		Director