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Exhibit 21.1


SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION

December 31, 2002

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

Name

  State or Country
of Incorporation
or Organization

  Percentage
Ownership (2)

Ball Capital Corp.   Colorado   100%
Ball Packaging Corp.   Colorado   100%
  Ball Asia Services Limited   Delaware   100%
  Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.   Colorado   100%
    Latas de Aluminio Ball, Inc.   Delaware   100%
    Ball Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (formerly FTB Packaging Limited)   Hong Kong   95%
      Ball Asia Pacific Limited (formerly M.C. Packaging (Hong Kong) Limited)   Hong Kong   95%
        Beijing FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
        FTB Tooling and Engineering Ltd.   Hong Kong   95%
        FTB Zhuhai Ends Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   PRC   95%
        Fully Tech Industrial Ltd.   Hong Kong   70%
        Greater China Trading Ltd.   Cayman Islands   95%
        Hainan M.C. Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
        Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.   PRC   66%
        Hubei FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   86%
        MCP Beverage Packaging Limited   Hong Kong   95%
        Ningbo FTB Can Company Limited   PRC   73%
        Plasco Limited   Hong Kong   95%
        Richmond Systempak Limited   Hong Kong   95%
        Shenzhen M.C. Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
        Suzhou M.C. Beverage Packaging Co. Ltd.   PRC   95%
        Tianjin M.C. Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
        Tianjin MCP Cap Manufacture Company Limited   PRC   95%
        Tianjin MCP Industries Limited   PRC   95%
        Xi'an Kunlun FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
        Zhongfu (Taicang) Plastics Products Co. Ltd.   PRC   68%
        Zhuhai FTB Packaging Limited   PRC   95%
    Ball Pan-European Holdings, Inc.   Delaware   100%
      Ball Holdings, Sarl   Luxembourg   100%
        Ball European Holdings, Sarl   Luxembourg   100%
          Ball (Luxembourg) Finance, Sarl   Luxembourg   100%
          Ball (UK) Holdings, Ltd.   England   100%
            Ball Europe Ltd.   England   100%
            Ball Company Ltd.   England   100%
              Continental Can UK Holding Company Ltd.   England   100%
                Continental Can Company Ltd.   England   100%
          Ball (Germany) Verwaltungs GmbH (f/k/a/ LAGO Vierte GmbH)   Germany   100%
          Ball (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG   Germany   100%
            Ball (Germany) Acquisition GmbH   Germany   100%
            Schmalbach-Lubeca, GmbH   Germany   100%
              Schmalbach-Lubeca DC GmbH   Germany   100%
              Schmalbach-Lubeca Getrankedosen GmbH   Germany   100%
              Schmalbach-Lubeca Unterstutzungskasse GmbH   Germany   100%
              Schmalbach-Lubeca South East Europe d.o.o.   Yugoslavia   100%
              Continental Can Handelsgesellschaft mbH   Austria   100%
              Continental Can Poland Sp.z.o.o.   Poland   100%
          Ball (France) Holdings, SAS   France   100%
            Ball (France) Investment Holdings, SAS   France   100%
            Continental Can France SAS   France   100%
              Continental Can La Ciotat SAS   France   100%

          Ball Investment Holdings S.a.r.l.   Luxembourg   100%
          Ball (The Netherlands) Holdings, BV   Netherlands   100%
            Schmalbach-Lubeca Nederland BV   Netherlands   100%
              Continental Can Benelux BV   Netherlands   100%
              Continental Can Trading Sp.z.o.o.   Poland   100%
  Ball Metal Food Container Corp.   Delaware   100%
  Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp.   Colorado   100%
  Ball Plastic Container Corp.   Colorado   100%
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.   Delaware   100%
  Ball Solutions Group   Australia   100%
    Ball Products Solutions PTY LTD        
    Ball Services Solutions PTY LTD        
    Ball Systems Solutions PTY LTD        
    Ball Advanced Imaging and Management        
    Solutions PTY LTD   Australia   100%
      Ball AIMS (Malaysia) SDN BHD   Malaysia   100%
  Ball Systems Technology Limited   United Kingdom   100%
  Ball Technology Services Corporation   California   100%
Ball North America, Inc.   Canada   100%
  Ball Packaging Products Canada Corp.   Canada   100%
GPT Global Packaging Technology AB   Sweden   100%

(1)
In accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(21)(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(w).
(2)
Represents the Registrant's direct and/or indirect ownership in each of the subsidiaries' voting capital share.



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