EXHIBIT 21.1

Published on March 31, 1997



Exhibit 21.1
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 on 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. Delaware 100%
Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp. Colorado 100%
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Delaware 100%
Ball Aerospace - (Australia), Pty Ltd. Australia 100%
Ball Systems Technology Limited United Kingdom 100%
Ball Technology Services Corporation California 100%
Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc. Canada 100%
FTB Packaging Limited Hong Kong 95%
Beijing FTB Packaging Limited. PRC 81%
FTB Tooling and Engineering Ltd. Hong Kong 95%
Fully Tech Industrial Ltd. Hong Kong 67%
Greater China Trading Ltd. Cayman Islands 95%
Hubei FTB Packaging Limited PRC 76%
Ningbo FTB Can Company Limited. PRC 71%
Xian Kun Lun FTB Packaging Ltd. PRC 57%
FTB Ningbo Investment Limited Hong Kong 95%
M.C. Packaging (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 67%
MCP Beverage Packaging Limited Hong Kong 67%
MCP Industries Limited Hong Kong 67%
Suzhou M.C. Packaging Limited Hong Kong 37%
Plasco Limited Hong Kong 47%
Beijing M.C. Packaging Company Limited PRC 37%
Hainan M.C. Packaging Limited PRC 60%
Hangzhou M.C. Packaging Company Limited PRC 34%
Panyu MCP Industries Limited PRC 60%
Shenzhen M.C. Packaging Limited PRC 40%
Tianjin M.C. Packaging Limited PRC 53%
Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. PRC 45%
Suzhou M.C. Beverage Packaging Co. Ltd. PRC 37%
Tianjin MCP Cap Manufacture Company Limited PRC 53%
Tianjin MCP Industries Limited PRC 53%


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

Datum Inc. Delaware 18%
EarthWatch Incorporated Colorado 49%
Phoenix Packaging Corporation Ohio 25%
San Miguel Yamamura Ball Corp. Philippines 6%
Lam Soon-Ball Yamamura Taiwan 8%
Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda. Brazil 50%
Thai Beverage Can Ltd. Thailand 40%


The following are owned indirectly through FTB Packaging Limited:

Jianlibao FTB Beverages & Can Manufacturing
(Shanghai) Limited PRC 38%
Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Packaging Limited PRC 33%
Zhongshan Yedao Drinks Limited PRC 10%
Zhuhai FTB Packaging Limited PRC 31%
Norinco-MCP (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 20%
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging Limited PRC 13%
Maoming Norinco MCP Company Limited PRC 15%
Qindao M.C. Packaging Limited PRC 27%
Shenzhen Norinco-MCP Company Limited PRC 20%


(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.