Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

March 31, 1998

EXHIBIT 21.1

Published on March 31, 1998



Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARY LIST (1)
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries

The following is a list of subsidiaries of Ball Corporation (an Indiana
Corporation).




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


Ball Capital Corp. Colorado 100%
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 98%
Beijing FTB Packaging Limited. China 83%
FTB Tooling & Engineering Ltd. Hong Kong 98%
Fully Tech Industrial Ltd. Hong Kong 68%
Greater China Trading Ltd. Cayman Islands 98%
Hubei FTB Packaging Limited China 78%
Ningbo FTB Can Company Limited. China 73%
Xi'an Kunlun FTB Packaging Limited China 59%
Zhuhai FTB Packaging Limited China 63%
FTB Ningbo Investment Limited Hong Kong 98%
M.C. Packaging (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 73%
MCP Beverage Packaging Limited Hong Kong 73%
MCP Industries Limited Hong Kong 73%
Plasco Limited Hong Kong 51%
Hainan M.C. Packaging Limited China 66%
Hangzhou M.C. Packaging Company Limited China 37%
Panyu MCP Industries Limited China 66%
Shenzhen M.C. Packaging Limited China 44%
Tianjin M.C. Packaging Limited China 59%
Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. China 49%
Suzhou M.C. Beverage Packaging Co. Ltd. China 40%
Tianjin MCP Cap Manufacture Company Limited China 59%
Tianjin MCP Industries Limited China 59%
Zhongfu (Taicang) Plastic Products Co. Ltd. China 51%
GPT Global Packaging Technology AB Sweden 100%



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)


EarthWatch Incorporated Colorado 48%
San Miguel Yamamura Ball Corp. Philippines 6%
Lam Soon-Ball Yamamura Taiwan 8%
Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda. Brazil 50%
Centrotampa Embalagens Ltda. Brazil 50%
Thai Beverage Can Ltd. Thailand 40%

The following are owned indirectly through FTB Packaging Limited:

Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Packaging Limited China 34%
Zhongshan Yedao Drinks Limited China 25%
Norinco-MCP (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 22%
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging Limited China 15%
Maoming Norinco MCP Company Limited China 16%
Qindao M.C. Packaging Limited China 29%
Richmond Systempak Limited Hong Kong 24%
Shenzhen Norinco-MCP Company Limited China 22%
Beijing Shente Container Co. Ltd. China 16%



(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.