Exhibit 24


Form 10-K
Limited Power of Attorney


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