CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC FIRM
Published on February 25, 2009
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, 333-129292 and 333-132143) 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, 333-124449 and
333-150457) of Ball Corporation of our report dated February 25,
2009 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form
10-K.
/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Denver,
Colorado
February
25, 2009
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