Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

April 1, 1996

Documents

EXHIBIT 21.1

Published on April 1, 1996


Exhibit 21.1
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SUBSIDIARY LIST (1)
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries

The following is a list of subsidiaries of Ball Corporation (an Indiana
Corporation) which are included in the financial statements of a consolidated
basis.

State or Country
of Incorporation Percentage
Name or Organization Ownership (2)

Ball Packaging Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Asia Pacific Limited Colorado 100%
Ball Plastic Container Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Metal Food Container Corp.
(formerly Heekin Can, Inc.) Delaware 100%
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Glass Container Corporation Delaware 100%
BG Holdings I, Inc. Delaware 100%
BG Holdings II, Inc. Delaware 100%
Ball Technologies Holdings Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Delaware 100%
Ball Systems Technology Limited United Kingdom 100%
Ball Technology Services Corporation California 100%
Efratom Holding, Inc. Colorado 100%
Ball Cayman Limited Cayman Islands 100%
Ball Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados 100%
Ball International Sales Corporation Delaware 100%
Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc. Canada 100%
Ball Technology Licensing Corporation Indiana 100%
GPT Global Packaging Technology AB Sweden 100%
FTB Packaging Limited Hong Kong 92%
Beijing FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 78%
FTB Tooling and Engineering Limited Hong Kong 92%
Fully Tech Ltd. Hong Kong 92%
Greater China Trading Ltd. Cayman Islands 92%
Hubei FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 74%
Ningbo FTB Can Company Ltd. PRC 69%
Richford Properties Limited Hong Kong 92%
Xian Kun Lun FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 55%



SUBSIDIARY LIST (1)
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries

The following is a list of affiliates of Ball Corporation included in the
financial statements on the basis of equity accounting:


State or Country
of Incorporation Percentage
Name or Organization Ownership (2)


Ball-Foster Glass Container Co. L.L.C.
(through BG Holdings I, Inc. and BG Holdings II, Inc.) Delaware 42%
Datum Inc. (through Efratom Holding, Inc.) Delaware 32%
EarthWatch, Inc. Colorado 50%
Phoenix Packaging Corporation
(through Ball Packaging Corp.) Ohio 25%
San Miguel Yamamura Ball Corporation Philippines 6%
Lam Soon-Ball Yamamura Taiwan 8%
Peak Expediters Limited Cayman Islands 50%
MCP-Ball International Limited Hong Kong 40%
GMCP Ball International Hong Kong 10%
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging, Ltd. PRC 10%
Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda.
(through Ball Cayman Limited) Brazil 50%

The following are owned indirectly through
FTB Packaging Limited
Jianlibao FTB Bev & Can Manufacture (Shanghai) Ltd. PRC 37%
Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 32%
Zhongshan Yedao Drinks Ltd. PRC 9%
Zhuhai FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 32%


(1) In accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(22)(ii), the names of
certain subsidiaries have been omitted from the foregoing lists. The
unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary,
would not constitute a significant subsidiary, as defined in Regulation
S-X, Rule 1-02(v).
(2) Represents the Registrant's direct and/or indirect ownership in each of the
subsidiaries' voting capital share.