Ball Steeltin

History

Since its founding, Ball has grown from a small producer of wooden-jacketed tin cans to an international manufacturing company with a cutting-edge aerospace business. Ball is recognized around the world for its high-quality metal and for its leading aerospace technology products and services. The five founding Ball brothers started the company in 1880 in Buffalo, New York. Two of the brothers, Frank and Edmund, borrowed $200 from their Uncle George, a minister, to go into business selling wood-jacketed tin containers to hold paint, varnishes and kerosene. They named their business the Wooden Jacket Can Company. Their product was so successful they expanded their line. Soon, the brothers had refined their original product to tin-jacketed, glass-lined containers. In 1884, the renamed Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company began manufacturing yet another new product - the home canning jar, which would one day make Ball a household name. Our company is still probably best known by the

Specialties

Ball is a leading manufacturer of packaging products world wide. At our Baltimore Steel Tin plant, we manufacture metal packaging and specialty containers. We have one of the largest portfolios in the industry and our products have a variety of applications including food packaging, hazardous material packaging, military cans, paint cans, aerosol cans, corporate promotions and more. Our metal containers are manufactured in the USA at our Baltimore facility. Ball leads the industry with its sustainability planning. Our products are made using 100% recyclable materials and our facility has achieved landfill free status. Ball's metal containers are customizable to leave a lasting impression on your customers. We offer excellent lead times and reasonable minimum requirements.