Ball's Findlay, Ohio, Plant Named MVP Award Winner by MillerCoors

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May 30, 2013, 02:00 ET

BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Corporation's (NYSE: BLL) Findlay, Ohio, metal beverage packaging plant has been named by MillerCoors as the recipient of the 2012 MVP Award. Ball will receive the award during a reception at MillerCoors' corporate headquarters in Chicago on May 30, 2013.

The MVP Award is given to the top supplier location to MillerCoors, chosen from more than 1,200 suppliers. Ball's Tampa metal beverage packaging plant won the award for 2010 and 2011.

"We are a customer-focused company, and getting close to our customers and understanding their needs and future direction is an integral part of Ball's success," said Glen L. Opp, senior vice president, operations, for Ball's North American metal beverage packaging division, Americas. "We are very proud that MillerCoors has chosen our Findlay plant for this award, and we will continue to align our operations with our customers and work together cross-functionally to ensure we satisfy our customers' needs."

Ball's Findlay plant employs approximately 360 people and was built by Ball in 1973. It produces a variety of infinitely recyclable beverage can and can end sizes.

MillerCoors is the second-largest beer company in the United States. Led by two of the best-selling beers in the industry, Coors Light and Miller Lite, MillerCoors has a broad portfolio of brands across every major industry segment. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors.

Ball Corporation is a supplier of high quality packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ approximately 15,000 people worldwide and reported 2012 sales of more than $8.7 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company information, please visit http://www.ball.com.

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SOURCE Ball Corporation