CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Published on June 29, 2009
Exhibit
23
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8, No. 333-150457 of Ball Corporation of our report dated June 26, 2009,
with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of Ball
Corporation Salary Conversion and Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of
December 31, 2008, and 2007 and the related statement of changes in net
assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008, and the
related supplemental schedule as of December 31, 2008, which report appears
in the December 31, 2008, Annual Report on Form 11-K of Ball Corporation
Salary Conversion and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
/s/ Clifton Gunderson
LLP
Clifton
Gunderson LLP
Broomfield,
Colorado
June 26,
2009