SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Published on November 5, 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 OR PERCENTAGE
NAME 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 98%
Greater China Trading Ltd. Cayman Islands 98%
Hubei FTB Packaging Limited China 78%
Ningbo FTB Can Company Ltd. China 73%
Xi'an Kunlan 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 98%
MCP Beverage Packaging Limited Hong Kong 98%
MCP Industries Limited Hong Kong 98%
Plasco Limited Hong Kong 68%
Hainan M.C. Packaging Limited China 88%
Hangzhou M.C. Packaging Company
Limited China 50%
Panyu MCP Industries Limited China 88%
Shenzhen M.C. Packaging Limited China 59%
Tianjin M.C. Packaging Limited China 78%
Hemei Containers (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. China 65%








STATE OR COUNTRY OF
INCORPORATION OR PERCENTAGE
NAME ORGANIZATION OWNERSHIP (2)
- ----------------------------------------------- -------------------- ---------------

Suzhou M.C. Beverage Packaging Co. Ltd. China 54%
Tianjin MCP Cap Manufacture Company Limited China 78%
Tianjin MCP Industries Limited China 78%
Zhongfu (Taicang) Plastic Products Co.
Ltd. China 68%
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 OF COUNTRY OF
INCORPORATION OR PERCENTAGE
NAME 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 29%
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging Limited China 20%
Maoming Norinco MCP Company Limited China 22%
Qindao M.C. Packaging Limited China 39%
Richmond Systempak Limited Hong Kong 32%
Shenzhen Norinco-MCP Company Limited China 29%
Beijing Shente Container Co. Ltd. China 16%




(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.