Ball (BALL) 10-Q 8 May 15 2015 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Apr. 27, 2015
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	BALL CORP
Entity Central Index Key	9389
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-15
Amendment Flag	FALSE
Current Fiscal Year End Date	-19
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		137,856,946
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
Net sales	$1,923.10	$2,006.80
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	-1,560.90	-1,612.90
Depreciation and amortization	-68.3	-68.8
Selling, general and administrative	-116	-107.7
Business consolidation and other activities	-52
Total costs and expenses	-1,797.20	-1,789.40
Earnings before interest and taxes	125.9	217.4
Interest expense	-38.5	-40.2
Debt refinancing and other costs	-59.9	-33.1
Total interest expense	-98.4	-73.3
Earnings before taxes	27.5	144.1
Tax provision	-0.5	-39.6
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.5	0.4
Net earnings	27.5	104.9
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	-6.8	-11.4
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$20.70	$93.50
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$0.15	$0.67
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$0.15	$0.65
Weighted average shares outstanding (000s):
Basic (in shares)	137,086	140,405
Diluted (in shares)	141,076	144,058

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT1

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings
Net earnings	$27.50		$104.90
Other comprehensive earnings (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment	-139.2		-23.5
Pension and other postretirement benefits	19.1	[1]	5.1	[1]
Effective financial derivatives	-0.5	[2]	2.6	[2]
Total other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-120.6		-15.8
Total comprehensive earnings (loss)	-93.1		89.1
Less comprehensive (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	-6.3		-11.4
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	($99.40)		$77.70
[1]	Net of tax (expense) benefit of $(4.4) million and $(3.1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
[2]	Net of tax (expense) benefit of $0.6 million and $(1.3) million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT2

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings
Pension and other postretirement benefits, tax (expense) benefit	($4.40)	($3.10)
Effective financial derivatives, tax (expense) benefit	$0.60	($1.30)

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT3

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$228.80	$191.40
Receivables, net	1,043.70	957.1
Inventories, net	1,033.20	1,016.70
Deferred taxes and other current assets	162.2	148.3
Total current assets	2,467.90	2,313.50
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,423.60	2,430.70
Goodwill	2,177.80	2,254.50
Intangibles and other assets, net	591.2	572.3
Total assets	7,660.50	7,571
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	344.7	175.1
Accounts payable	1,271.20	1,340
Accrued employee costs	180.1	269.9
Other current liabilities	243.3	221.8
Total current liabilities	2,039.30	2,006.80
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	3,152.10	2,993.80
Employee benefit obligations	1,132.30	1,178.30
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	183.4	152.5
Total liabilities	6,507.10	6,331.40
Shareholders' equity
Common stock (332,277,560 shares issued - 2015; 331,618,306 shares issued - 2014)	1,149.80	1,131.30
Retained earnings	4,349.80	4,346.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-642.1	-522.1
Treasury stock, at cost (194,484,539 shares - 2015; 194,652,028 shares - 2014)	-3,916.80	-3,923
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	940.7	1,033.10
Noncontrolling interests	212.7	206.5
Total shareholders' equity	1,153.40	1,239.60
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$7,660.50	$7,571

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT4

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Common stock, shares issued	332,277,560	331,618,306
Treasury stock, shares	194,484,539	194,652,028

UNAUDITED_CONDENSED_CONSOLIDAT5

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net earnings	$27.50	$104.90
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	68.3	68.8
Business consolidation and other activities	52
Deferred tax provision	-24.7	2.6
Other, net	10	-10.5
Changes in working capital components	-313.6	-302
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-180.5	-136.2
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	-105.5	-61.4
Business acquisitions	-29.1
Other, net	14.1	6.3
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-120.5	-55.1
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Long-term borrowings	1,275	375.1
Repayments of long-term borrowings	-1,087.80	-513.4
Net change in short-term borrowings	171.1	299.5
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.2	9.3
Acquisitions of treasury stock	-3.2	-202.8
Common dividends	-18.2	-18.6
Other, net	-18.7	5.8
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	327.4	-45.1
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	11	-4.2
Change in cash and cash equivalents	37.4	-240.6
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	191.4	416
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$228.80	$175.40

Basis_of_Presentation

Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation
	1.Basis of Presentation
	The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ball Corporation and its controlled affiliates, including its consolidated variable interest entities (collectively Ball, the company, we or our), and have been prepared by the company. Certain information and footnote disclosures, including critical and significant accounting policies normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, have been condensed or omitted for this quarterly presentation.
	Results of operations for the periods shown are not necessarily indicative of results for the year, particularly in view of the seasonality in the packaging segments and the irregularity of contract revenues in the aerospace and technologies segment. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 20, 2015, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (annual report).
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires Ball’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These estimates are based on historical experience and various assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Ball’s management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis and adjusts or revises the estimates as circumstances change. As future events and their impacts cannot be determined with precision, actual results may differ from these estimates. In the opinion of management, the financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary to fairly state the results of the periods presented.
	Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period presentation.

Accounting_Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements
	2.Accounting Pronouncements
	Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
	In April 2014, accounting guidance was issued to change the criteria for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new guidance, only disposals of components of an entity that represent strategic shifts that have, or will have, a major effect on an entity’s operations should be reported as discontinued operations in the financial statements. The new guidance also requires expanded disclosures for discontinued operations, as well as disclosures about the financial effects of significant disposals that do not qualify for discontinued operations. The guidance was effective for Ball on January 1, 2015, and did not have a material effect on the company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
	New Accounting Guidance
	In April 2015, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued to provide explicit guidance related to a customer’s accounting for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement. Under the guidance, cloud computing arrangements that include a software license would be accounted for consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. Conversely, cloud computing arrangements that do not include a software license would be accounted for as a service contract.  The guidance will be effective for Ball on January 1, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. The guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.
	In April 2015, accounting guidance was issued to change the balance sheet presentation for debt issuance costs. Under the new guidance, debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability would be presented as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts, rather than as a deferred charge. The guidance does not affect the recognition and measurement of debt issuance costs; hence, amortization of debt issuance costs would continue to be reported as interest expense. Early adoption is permitted, and the company is currently assessing whether to early adopt. The guidance will be effective for Ball retrospectively on January 1, 2016, and is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.
	In February 2015, amendments to existing accounting guidance were issued that modify the analysis companies must perform in order to determine whether a legal entity should be consolidated. The new guidance includes modifications related to: 1) limited partnerships and similar legal entities, 2) evaluating fees paid to a decision maker or service provider as a variable interest, 3) the effect of fee arrangements on the primary beneficiary, 4) the effect of related parties on the primary beneficiary and 5) certain investment funds. The guidance will be effective for Ball on January 1, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. The company is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.
	In August 2014, accounting guidance was issued to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosure in certain circumstances. Under the new guidance, management is required to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. The guidance will be effective for Ball on January 1, 2017, and is not expected to have a material effect on the company’s consolidated financial statements.
	In May 2014, the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued new revenue recognition guidance which outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance contains a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues and is intended to remove inconsistencies in existing guidance and improve comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions and capital markets. The guidance will supersede the majority of current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The guidance will be effective for Ball on January 1, 2017, and early adoption is not permitted for the company. Entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach for the adoption of the standard. The company is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Business_Segment_Information

Business Segment Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Business Segment Information
Business Segment Information
	3.Business Segment Information
	Ball’s operations are organized and reviewed by management along its product lines and geographical areas and presented in the four reportable segments discussed below.
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia:  Consists of the metal beverage packaging, Americas, operations in the U.S., Canada and Brazil, and the metal beverage packaging, Asia, operations in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Americas and Asia segments have been aggregated based on similar economic and qualitative characteristics. The operations in this reporting segment manufacture and sell metal beverage containers.
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe:  Consists of operations in several countries in Europe, which manufacture and sell metal beverage containers.
	Metal food and household products packaging:   Consists of operations in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico and Argentina, which manufacture and sell steel food, aerosol, paint, general line and decorative specialty containers, as well as extruded aluminum beverage and aerosol containers and aluminum slugs.
	Aerospace and technologies:  Consists of the manufacture and sale of aerospace and other related products and the providing of services used in the defense, civil space and commercial space industries.
	The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. A discussion of the company’s critical and significant accounting policies can be found in Ball’s annual report. The company also has investments in companies in the U.S. and Vietnam, which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting and, accordingly, those results are not included in segment sales or earnings.
	Summary of Business by Segment
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Net sales
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	1,023.00		$	997.6
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	379.2			450.2
	Metal food & household products packaging	308.3			341.1
	Aerospace & technologies	214.8			220.7
	Corporate and intercompany eliminations	(2.2		)	(2.8		)
	Net sales	1,923.10			2,006.80
	Net earnings
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	125		$	125.1
	Business consolidation and other activities	(2.3		)	4.8
	Total metal beverage packaging Americas & Asia	122.7			129.9
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	28.9			55.5
	Business consolidation and other activities	(2.0		)	(1.2		)
	Total metal beverage packaging, Europe	26.9			54.3
	Metal food & household products packaging	30.2			36.3
	Business consolidation and other activities	(0.2		)	(3.1		)
	Total metal food & household products packaging	30			33.2
	Aerospace & technologies	20			24.1
	Business consolidation and other activities	0.7			—
	Total aerospace & technologies	20.7			24.1
	Segment earnings before interest and taxes	200.3			241.5
	Undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	(26.2		)	(23.6		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(48.2		)	(0.5		)
	Total undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	(74.4		)	(24.1		)
	Earnings before interest and taxes	125.9			217.4
	Interest expense	(38.5		)	(40.2		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(59.9		)	(33.1		)
	Total interest expense	(98.4		)	(73.3		)
	Tax provision	(0.5		)	(39.6		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.5			0.4
	Net earnings	27.5			104.9
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6.8		)	(11.4		)
	Net earnings attibutable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7		$	93.5
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Total Assets
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	3,555.80		$	3,422.80
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	2,216.90			2,274.50
	Metal food & household products packaging	1,632.10			1,508.10
	Aerospace & technologies	399.4			411.6
	Segment assets	7,804.20			7,617.00
	Corporate assets, net of eliminations	(143.7		)	(46.0		)
	Total assets	$	7,660.50		$	7,571.00

Acquisitions

Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Acquisitions
Acquisitions
	4.Acquisitions
	Rexam PLC (Rexam)
	On February 19, 2015, the company and Rexam PLC (Rexam) announced the terms of a recommended offer by the company to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rexam in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the offer, for each Rexam share, Rexam shareholders will receive 407 pence in cash and 0.04568 shares of the company. The transaction values Rexam at 610 pence per share based on the company’s 90-day volume weighted average stock price as of February 17, 2015, and an exchange rate of US$1.54: £1 on that date representing an equity value of £4.3 billion ($6.6 billion). The actual value of the transaction will be determined based on the exchange rate and the company’s stock price at the time of the closing of the transaction. As described below, the company has entered into collar and option contracts to partially mitigate its currency exchange risk with regard to the cash component of the purchase price.
	By way of compensation for any loss suffered by Rexam in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the offer, the Co-operation Agreement and any other document relating to the acquisition, Ball has undertaken in the Co-operation Agreement that, on the occurrence of a break payment event Ball will pay or procure the payment to Rexam of an amount in cash in British pounds.  The amount of the break payment varies from £43 million, £129 million to £302 million based on the break payment event and only one break payment would be required.
	Both Ball and Rexam’s boards of directors unanimously support the transaction and the transaction is subject to approvals from each company’s shareholders and regulatory approvals. It is expected that the necessary clearances will be obtained and the offer will be completed in the first half of 2016.
	Long-term Debt
	In February 2015, the company entered into a new $3 billion revolving credit facility to replace its existing $1 billion revolver credit facility, repay its $92.9 million Term C loan, repay the outstanding balance on the existing revolving credit facility, redeem the 2020 and 2021 senior notes and repay the existing private placement debt of Rexam upon closing of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. Also in February 2015, the company entered into a £3.3 billion unsecured, committed bridge loan agreement, pursuant to which lending institutions have agreed, subject to limited conditions, to provide the financing necessary to pay the cash portion of the consideration payable to Rexam’s shareholders upon consummation of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam along with related fees and expenses. See Note 11 for further details related to these transactions.
	Currency Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Risks
	During the first quarter of 2015, the company entered into collar and option contracts to partially mitigate its currency exchange rate risk from February 19, 2015, through the expected closing date of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam, with an aggregate notional amount of approximately £2.1 billion ($3.1 billion). These contracts were not designated as hedges, and therefore, changes in the fair value of these contracts are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings in business consolidation and other activities.
	In addition, the company entered into interest rate swaps to minimize its interest rate exposure associated with anticipated debt issuances in connection with the announced, proposed acquisition, with an aggregate notional amount of approximately $75 million. These contracts were not designated as hedges; therefore, changes in the fair value of these interest swap contracts are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of earnings in debt refinancing and other costs, a component of total interest expense.
	Subsequent to the first quarter, the company entered into additional interest rate swap contracts to hedge against rising U.S. and European interest rates with aggregate notional amounts of approximately $25 million and €950 million, respectively. In addition, the company entered into interest rate option contracts to hedge negative Euribor rates with an aggregate notional amount of €750 million.
	For further details related to the aforementioned currency exchange rate and interest rate risks, see Notes 5 and 16.
	Sonoco Products Company (Sonoco)
	In February 2015, the company acquired Sonoco’s metal end and closure manufacturing facilities in Canton, Ohio, and entered into a long-term supply agreement with Sonoco in exchange for total cash of $29.1 million paid at closing, $11.0 million of contingent cash consideration and $27.8 million of contingent noncash consideration. The facilities manufacture multiple-sized closures for the metal food container market, including high quality steel and aluminum easy-open ends. The financial results of Sonoco have been included in our metal food and household products packaging segment from the date of acquisition. The acquisition is not material to the company.

Business_Consolidation_and_Oth

Business Consolidation and Other Activities	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Business Consolidation and Other Activities
Business Consolidation and Other Activities
	5.Business Consolidation and Other Activities
	Following is a summary of business consolidation and other activity (charges)/income included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of earnings:
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	(2.3	)	$	4.8
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	(2.0		)	(1.2		)
	Metal food & household products packaging	(0.2		)	(3.1		)
	Aerospace & technologies	0.7			—
	Corporate and other	(48.2		)	(0.5		)
		$	(52.0	)	$	—
	2015
	Metal Beverage Packaging, Americas and Asia
	During the first quarter, the company recorded charges of $2.3 million related to business reorganization activities in the company’s metal beverage packaging, Asia, operations, and for ongoing costs related to previously closed facilities.
	Metal Beverage Packaging, Europe
	During the first quarter, the company recorded charges of $1.3 million related to headcount reductions, cost-out initiatives and the relocation of the company’s European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland, as well as additional tax expense of $1.7 million related to this relocation.  The quarter also included charges of $0.7 million for business reorganization activities.
	Metal Food and Household Products Packaging, and Aerospace and Technologies
	The company recorded charges net charges of $0.5 million for insignificant activities.
	Corporate
	During the first quarter, the company recorded charges of $20.2 million for professional services and other costs associated with the proposed acquisition of Rexam announced in February 2015. In addition, the company recognized losses of $27.7 million associated with its collar and option contracts entered into to reduce its exposure to currency exchange rate changes in connection with the British pound denominated cash portion of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam, further discussed in Note 16. Other charges in the quarter included $0.3 million for insignificant activities.
	2014
	Metal Beverage Packaging, Americas and Asia
	During the first quarter, the company received and recorded compensation of $5.0 million for the reimbursement of severance costs incurred in connection with the company’s closure and relocation of the Shenzhen manufacturing facility in 2013. Also during the first quarter, the company sold its plastic motor oil container and pail manufacturing business in the PRC and recorded a gain of $0.8 million in connection with the sale. Other charges in the quarter included $1.0 million related to previously closed facilities.
	Metal Food and Household Products Packaging
	During the fourth quarter of 2013, the company announced plans to close its Danville, Illinois, steel aerosol packaging facility in the second half of 2014. Charges of $2.0 million were recorded during the first quarter in connection with the pending closure. The first quarter also included charges of $1.1 million for other insignificant activities.
	Metal Beverage Packaging, Europe, and Corporate
	The company recorded charges of $1.2 million for headcount reductions, cost-out initiatives and the relocation of the company’s European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland, as well as additional tax expense of $2.1 million related to this relocation. The quarter also included charges of $0.5 million for other insignificant activities.
	Following is a summary by segment of the activity in the business consolidation reserves:
	($ in millions)	Metal Food &			Metal Beverage			Total
		Household			Packaging,
		Products			Europe
		Packaging
	Balance at December 31, 2014	$	5.1		$	0.9		$	6
	(Gains) charges in earnings	0.2			1.2			1.4
	Cash payments and other activity	(3.0		)	(0.1		)	(3.1		)
	Balance at March 31, 2015	$	2.3		$	2		$	4.3
	The carrying value of assets held for sale in connection with facility closures was $11.7 million at March 31, 2015, and at December 31, 2014.

Receivables

Receivables	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Receivables
Receivables
	6.Receivables
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Trade accounts receivable	$	907.4		$	800
	Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(6.2		)	(7.0		)
	Net trade accounts receivable	901.2			793
	Other receivables	142.5			164.1
		$	1,043.70		$	957.1
	The company has entered into several regional committed and uncommitted accounts receivable factoring programs with various financial institutions for certain receivables of the company. The programs are accounted for as true sales of the receivables, without recourse to Ball, and had combined limits of approximately $396 million at March 31, 2015. A total of $216.5 million and $197.6 million were sold under these programs as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Inventories
Inventories
	7.Inventories
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Raw materials and supplies	$	439.8		$	479.2
	Work-in-process and finished goods	633.5			579.2
	Less inventory reserves	(40.1		)	(41.7		)
		$	1,033.20		$	1,016.70

Property_Plant_and_Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment
	8.Property, Plant and Equipment
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Land	$	63.9		$	64.6
	Buildings	967.5			973.4
	Machinery and equipment	3,623.60			3,612.50
	Construction-in-progress	359.6			382.7
		5,014.60			5,033.20
	Accumulated depreciation	(2,591.0		)	(2,602.5		)
		$	2,423.60		$	2,430.70
	Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical or acquired cost. Depreciation expense amounted to $58.9 million and $59.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Goodwill

Goodwill	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill
Goodwill
	9.Goodwill
	($ in millions)	Metal		Metal			Metal Food &			Aerospace &		Total
		Beverage		Beverage			Household			Technologies
		Packaging,		Packaging,			Products
		Americas &		Europe			Packaging
		Asia
	Balance at December 31, 2014	$	739.5	$	913.9		$	592.5		$	8.6	$	2,254.50
	Business acquisition	—		—			39.4			—		39.4
	Effects of currency exchange rates	—		(99.5		)	(16.6		)	—		(116.1		)
	Balance at March 31, 2015	$	739.5	$	814.4		$	615.3		$	8.6	$	2,177.80

Intangibles_and_Other_Assets

Intangibles and Other Assets	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Intangibles and Other Assets
Intangibles and Other Assets
	10.Intangibles and Other Assets
		March 31,		December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015		2014
	Investments in affiliates	$	31.3	$	33.2
	Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $118.1 million at March 31, 2015, and $115.2 million at December 31, 2014)	134.0		137.1
	Capitalized software (net of accumulated amortization of $105.8 million at March 31, 2015, and $103.8 million at December 31, 2014)	69.2		62.6
	Company and trust-owned life insurance	146.5		168.1
	Deferred financing costs	56.2		36.3
	Long-term deferred tax assets	70.6		66.5
	Other	83.4		68.5
		$	591.2	$	572.3
	Total amortization expense of intangible assets amounted to $9.4 million and $9.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Debt

Debt	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt
Debt
	11.Debt
	Long-term debt consisted of the following:
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Notes Payable
	6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020	$	—		$	500
	5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021	—			500
	5.00% Senior Notes, due March 2022	750			750
	4.00% Senior Notes, due November 2023	1,000.00			1,000.00
	Multi-currency revolver, due February 2018 (at variable rates)	1,275.00			—
	Senior Credit Facilities, due June 2018 (at variable rates)
	Term C loan, euro denominated	—			92.9
	Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at various rates and terms),
	denominated in various currencies	199.5			204.2
	Other (including discounts),
	denominated in various currencies	(9.9		)	1.7
		3,214.60			3,048.80
	Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(62.5		)	(55.0		)
		$	3,152.10		$	2,993.80
	In February, Ball entered into a new $3 billion revolving credit facility to replace the existing approximate $1 billion revolver credit facility, repay its $92.9 million Term C loan, repay the outstanding balance on the existing revolving credit facility, redeem the 2020 and 2021 senior notes and repay the existing private placement debt of Rexam upon closing of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. Also in February 2015, Ball announced the redemption of its outstanding 6.75 percent senior notes and 5.75 percent senior notes due in September 2020 and May 2021, respectively. These redemptions were completed on March 21, 2015, at a price per note of 103.375 percent and 106.096 percent, respectively, of the outstanding principal amounts plus accrued interest. The new revolving credit facility bears interest at variable rates and expires in February 2018. The revolving credit facility accrues interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin based on the net leverage ratio of the company, which varies from 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent.
	The company recorded charges of $1.7 million for the write off of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the refinancing of the revolving credit facility and repayment of the Term C loan. The company also recorded charges of $55.8 million for the call premiums and write-offs of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the redemption of the 2020 and 2021 senior notes. These charges are included in debt refinancing and other costs, a component of total interest expense, in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings.
	Additionally, in February 2015, the company entered into a £3.3 billion unsecured, committed bridge loan agreement, pursuant to which lending institutions have agreed, subject to limited conditions, to provide the financing necessary to pay the cash portion of the consideration payable to Rexam’s shareholders upon consummation of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam along with related fees and expenses. Under this bridge loan agreement, the company is required to pay fees while the facility is outstanding, which vary depending on the amount borrowed and the duration that the facility is outstanding.
	Fees paid to lenders in connection with obtaining financing, which totaled $27.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015, are classified as other, net in cash flows from financing activities in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
	At March 31, 2015, taking into account outstanding letters of credit and excluding availability under the accounts receivable securitization program, approximately $1.7 billion was available under the company’s long-term, revolving credit facility, which is available until February 2018. In addition to this facility, the company had approximately $741 million of short-term uncommitted credit facilities available at March 31, 2015, of which $227.2 million was outstanding and due on demand. At December 31, 2014, the company had $10.1 million outstanding under short-term uncommitted credit facilities.
	Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt on the balance sheet includes the company’s borrowings under its existing accounts receivable securitization program, totaling $55.0 million and $110.0 million at March 31, 2015, and December, 31 2014, respectively. This program, which has been amended and extended from time to time, is scheduled to mature in May 2017 and allows the company to borrow against a maximum amount of accounts receivable that varies between $90 million and $140 million depending on the seasonal accounts receivable balances in the company’s North American packaging businesses.
	The fair value of long-term debt at March 31, 2014, and at December 31, 2013, approximated its carrying value. The fair value reflects the market rates at each period end for debt with credit ratings similar to the company’s ratings and is classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Rates currently available to the company for loans with similar terms and maturities are used to estimate the fair value of long-term debt based on discounted cash flows.
	The senior notes and senior credit facilities are guaranteed on a full, unconditional and joint and several basis by certain of the company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries. Certain foreign denominated tranches of the senior credit facilities are similarly guaranteed by certain of the company’s wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. Note 19 contains further details, as well as required unaudited condensed consolidating financial information for the company, segregating the guarantor subsidiaries and non-guarantor subsidiaries as defined in the senior notes agreements.
	The U.S. note agreements, bank credit agreement, bridge loan agreement and accounts receivable securitization agreement contain certain restrictions relating to dividend payments, share repurchases, investments, financial ratios, guarantees and the incurrence of additional indebtedness. The most restrictive of the company’s debt covenants require the company to maintain a leverage ratio (as defined) of no greater than 4.00, prior to considering the impacts of the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. The company was in compliance with all loan agreements and debt covenants at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, and has met all debt payment obligations.
	The Latapack-Ball debt facilities contain various covenants and restrictions but are nonrecourse to Ball Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Employee_Benefit_Obligations

Employee Benefit Obligations	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Employee Benefit Obligations
Employee Benefit Obligations
	12.Employee Benefit Obligations
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Underfunded defined benefit pension liabilities	$	688.2		$	724.1
	Less current portion and prepaid pension assets	(18.6		)	(19.4		)
	Long-term defined benefit pension liabilities	669.6			704.7
	Retiree medical and other postemployment benefits	168.8			169
	Deferred compensation plans	265.3			272.2
	Other	28.6			32.4
		$	1,132.30		$	1,178.30
	Components of net periodic benefit cost associated with the company’s defined benefit pension plans were:
		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015									2014
	($ in millions)	U.S.			Foreign			Total			U.S.			Foreign			Total
	Ball-sponsored plans:
	Service cost	$	13		$	3.7		$	16.7		$	11.4		$	3.5		$	14.9
	Interest cost	14.3			4.7			19			15.6			6.5			22.1
	Expected return on plan assets	(19.8		)	(5.0		)	(24.8		)	(20.5		)	(3.5		)	(24.0		)
	Amortization of prior service cost	(0.3		)	(0.1		)	(0.4		)	—			(0.1		)	(0.1		)
	Recognized net actuarial loss	9.8			2.5			12.3			7.2			1.3			8.5
	Net periodic benefit cost for
	Ball-sponsored plans	17			5.8			22.8			13.7			7.7			21.4
	Net periodic benefit cost for multiemployer plans	0.5			—			0.5			0.7			—			0.7
	Total net periodic benefit cost	$	17.5		$	5.8		$	23.3		$	14.4		$	7.7		$	22.1
	Contributions to the company’s defined global benefit pension plans, not including the unfunded German plans, were insignificant in the first three months of 2015 ($33.9 million in 2014) and are also expected to be insignificant for the full year. This estimate may change based on changes in the U.S. Pension Protection Act and actual plan asset performance, among other factors. Payments to participants in the unfunded German plans were $4.6 million in the first three months of 2015 and are expected to be approximately $18 million for the full year.

Shareholders_Equity_and_Compre

Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings
Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings
	13.Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Earnings
	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
	The activity related to accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) was as follows:
	($ in millions)		Foreign			Pension and			Effective			Accumulated
			Currency			Other			Derivatives			Other
			Translation			Postretirement			(Net of Tax)			Comprehensive
						Benefits						Earnings (Loss)
						(Net of Tax)
	Balance at December 31, 2014		$	(18.4	)	$	(499.9	)	$	(3.8	)	$	(522.1	)
	Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications		(138.6		)	11.6			(1.4		)	(128.4		)
	Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)		—			7.5			0.9			8.4
	Balance at March 31, 2015		$	(157.0	)	$	(480.8	)	$	(4.3	)	$	(642.1	)
	The following table provides additional details of the amounts recognized into net earnings from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss):
			Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)		2015			2014
	Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
	Commodity contracts recorded in net sales		$	(1.4	)	$	0.8
	Commodity contracts and currency exchange contracts recorded in cost of sales		—			(7.5		)
	Interest rate contracts recorded in interest expense		(0.2		)	(0.3		)
	Total before tax effect		(1.6		)	(7.0		)
	Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings		0.7			0.9
	Recognized gain (loss)		$	(0.9	)	$	(6.1	)
	Amortization of pension and other postretirement benefits (a):
	Prior service income (cost)		$	0.4		$	0.1
	Actuarial gains (losses)		(12.3		)	(8.5		)
	Total before tax effect		(11.9		)	(8.4		)
	Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings		4.4			3.1
	Recognized gain (loss)		$	(7.5	)	$	(5.3	)
		(a)		These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost included in Note 12.

StockBased_Compensation_Progra

Stock-Based Compensation Programs	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Stock-Based Compensation Programs
Stock-Based Compensation Programs
	14.Stock-Based Compensation Programs
	The company has shareholder-approved stock plans under which options and stock-settled appreciation rights (SSARs) have been granted to employees at the market value of the company’s stock at the date of grant. In general, options and SSARs are exercisable in four equal installments commencing one year from the date of grant and terminating 10 years from the date of grant. A total of 1,231,865 stock options and SSARs were granted in February 2015.
	These options and SSARs cannot be traded in any equity market. However, based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model, options and SSARs granted in 2015 and 2014 have estimated weighted average fair values at the date of grant of $14.20 per share and $9.81 per share, respectively. The actual value an employee may realize will depend on the excess of the stock price over the exercise price on the date the option or SSAR is exercised. Consequently, there is no assurance that the value realized by an employee will be at or near the value estimated. The fair values were estimated using the following weighted average assumptions:
		February 2015		January 2014
	Expected dividend yield	0.79	%	1.06	%
	Expected stock price volatility	22.11	%	21.41	%
	Risk-free interest rate	1.39	%	1.65	%
	Expected life of options (in years)	5.85 years		5.5 years
	In February 2015 and January 2014, the company’s board of directors granted 116,559 and 143,305 performance-contingent restricted stock units (PCEQs), respectively, to key employees. These PCEQs vest three years from the date of grant, and the number of shares available at the vesting date are based on the company’s growth in economic valued added (EVA®) dollars in excess of the EVA® dollars generated in the calendar year prior to grant as the minimum threshold, ranging from zero to 200 percent of each participant’s assigned award opportunity. If the minimum performance goals are not met, the shares will be forfeited. Grants under the plan are being accounted for as equity awards and compensation expense is recorded based upon the most probable outcome using the closing market price of the shares at the grant date. On a quarterly and annual basis, the company reassesses the probability of the goals being met and adjusts compensation expense as appropriate.

Earnings_and_Dividends_Per_Sha

Earnings and Dividends Per Share	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings and Dividends Per Share
Earnings and Dividends Per Share
	15.Earnings and Dividends Per Share
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2015		2014
	Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7	$	93.5
	Basic weighted average common shares	137,086		140,405
	Effect of dilutive securities	3,990		3,653
	Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share	141,076		144,058
	Per basic share	$	0.15	$	0.67
	Per diluted share	$	0.15	$	0.65
	Certain outstanding options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive (i.e., the sum of the assumed exercise proceeds, including the unrecognized compensation and windfall tax benefits, exceeded the average closing stock price for the period). The options excluded totaled 1.2 million and 1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
	The company declared and paid dividends of $0.13 per share in the first quarters of both 2015 and 2014.

Financial_Instruments_and_Risk

Financial Instruments and Risk Management	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
	16.  Financial Instruments and Risk Management
	The company employs established risk management policies and procedures, which seek to reduce the company’s commercial risk exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and prices of the company’s common stock with regard to common share repurchases and the company’s deferred compensation stock plan. However, there can be no assurance that these policies and procedures will be successful. Although the instruments utilized involve varying degrees of credit, market and interest risk, the counterparties to the agreements are expected to perform fully under the terms of the agreements. The company monitors counterparty credit risk, including lenders, on a regular basis, but Ball cannot be certain that all risks will be discerned or that its risk management policies and procedures will always be effective. Additionally, in the event of default under the company’s master derivative agreements, the non-defaulting party has the option to set-off any amounts owed with regard to open derivative positions.
	Commodity Price Risk
	Aluminum
	The company manages commodity price risk in connection with market price fluctuations of aluminum ingot through two different methods. First, the company enters into container sales contracts that include aluminum ingot-based pricing terms that generally reflect the same price fluctuations under commercial purchase contracts for aluminum sheet. The terms include fixed, floating or pass-through aluminum ingot component pricing. Second, the company uses certain derivative instruments such as option and forward contracts as economic and cash flow hedges of commodity price risk where there are material differences between sales and purchase contracted pricing and volume.
	At March 31, 2015, the company had aluminum contracts limiting its aluminum exposure with notional amounts of approximately $304 million, of which approximately $245 million received hedge accounting treatment. The aluminum contracts, which are recorded at fair value, include economic derivative instruments that are undesignated, as well as cash flow hedges that offset sales and purchase contracts of various terms and lengths. Cash flow hedges relate to forecasted transactions that expire within the next three years. Included in shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2015, within accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), is a net after-tax gain of $1.7 million associated with these contracts. A net loss of $2.7 million is expected to be recognized in the consolidated statement of earnings during the next 12 months, the majority of which will be offset by pricing changes in sales and purchase contracts, thus resulting in little or no earnings impact to Ball.
	Steel
	Most sales contracts involving our steel products either include provisions permitting the company to pass through some or all steel cost changes incurred, or they incorporate annually negotiated steel prices.
	Interest Rate Risk
	The company’s objective in managing exposure to interest rate changes is to minimize the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, the company may use a variety of interest rate swaps, collars and options to manage our mix of floating and fixed-rate debt. Interest rate instruments held by the company at March 31, 2015, included pay-fixed interest rate swaps, which effectively convert variable rate obligations to fixed-rate instruments.
	At March 31, 2015, the company had outstanding interest rate swap contracts with notional amounts of approximately $158 million paying fixed rates expiring within the next five years. The after-tax loss included in shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2015, within accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) is insignificant.
	Interest Rate Risk — Rexam Acquisition
	The company entered into interest rate swaps to minimize its interest rate exposure associated with anticipated debt issuances in connection with the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam. At March 31, 2015, the company had outstanding interest rate swaps with notional amounts totaling approximately $75 million. These contracts were not designated as hedges, and therefore, changes in the fair value of these interest swap contracts are recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings in debt refinancing and other costs, a component of total interest expense. The loss included in debt refinancing and other costs during the first quarter of 2015 associated with these contracts was insignificant. The contracts outstanding at March 31, 2015, expire within the next five years.
	Subsequent to the first quarter, the company entered into additional interest rate swap contracts to hedge against rising U.S. and European interest rates with aggregate notional amounts of approximately $25 million and €950 million, respectively. In addition, the company entered into interest rate option contracts to hedge negative Euribor rates with an aggregate notional amount of €750 million.
	Currency Exchange Rate Risk
	The company’s objective in managing exposure to currency fluctuations is to limit the exposure of cash flows and earnings from changes associated with currency exchange rate changes through the use of various derivative contracts. In addition, at times the company manages earnings translation volatility through the use of currency option strategies, and the change in the fair value of those options is recorded in the company’s net earnings. The company’s currency translation risk results from the currencies in which we transact business. The company faces currency exposures in our global operations as a result of various factors including intercompany currency denominated loans, selling our products in various currencies, purchasing raw materials and equipment in various currencies and tax exposures not denominated in the functional currency. Sales contracts are negotiated with customers to reflect cost changes and, where there is not an exchange pass-through arrangement, the company uses forward and option contracts to manage currency exposures.
	Additionally, at March 31, 2015, the company had outstanding exchange forward and option contracts with notional amounts totaling approximately $703 million. Included in shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2015, within accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), is a net after-tax loss of $5.8 million associated with these contracts. A net loss of $6.4 million is expected to be recognized in the consolidated statement of earnings during the next 12 months. The contracts outstanding at March 31, 2015, expire within the next year.
	Currency Exchange Rate Risk — Rexam Acquisition
	In connection with the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam, the company entered into collar and option contracts to partially mitigate its currency exchange rate risk from February 19, 2015, through the expected closing date of the acquisition. At March 31, 2015, the company had outstanding collar and option contracts with notional amounts totaling approximately £2.1 billion ($3.1 billion). These contracts were not designated as hedges, and therefore, changes in the fair value of these contracts are recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings in business consolidation and other activities (see Note 5). During the first quarter of 2015, the company recognized a loss of $27.7 million associated with these contracts. The contracts outstanding at March 31, 2015, expire within the next two years.
	Common Stock Price Risk
	The company’s deferred compensation stock program is subject to variable plan accounting and, accordingly, is marked to fair value using the company’s closing stock price at the end of the related reporting period. Based on current share levels in the program, each $1 change in the company’s stock price has an impact of $1.3 million on pretax earnings. The company entered into a total return swap to reduce the company’s earnings exposure to these fair value fluctuations that will be outstanding until March 2016 and has a notional value of 1 million shares. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of the swap was a $0.5 million gain. All gains and losses on the total return swaps are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of earnings in selling, general and administrative expenses.
	Collateral Calls
	The company’s agreements with its financial counterparties require the company to post collateral in certain circumstances when the negative mark to fair value of the derivative contracts exceeds specified levels. Additionally, the company has collateral posting arrangements with certain customers on these derivative contracts. The cash flows of the margin calls are shown within the investing section of the company’s consolidated statements of cash flows. As of March 31, 2015, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position was $29.0 million and no collateral was required to be posted. As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position was $12.4 million and no collateral was required to be posted.
	Fair Value Measurements
	The company has classified all applicable financial derivative assets and liabilities as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy and presented those values in the tables below. The company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. The fair values of the company’s derivative instruments were as follows:
			March 31, 2015									December 31, 2014
	($ in millions)		Derivatives			Derivatives not			Total			Derivatives			Derivatives not		Total
			Designated			Designated as						Designated			Designated as
			as Hedging			Hedging						as Hedging			Hedging
			Instruments			Instruments						Instruments			Instruments
	Assets:
	Commodity contracts		$	8.1		$	1.6		$	9.7		$	3.8		$	1.3	$	5.1
	Foreign currency contracts		1.1			15.4			16.5			0.8			3.5		4.3
	Interest rate and other contracts		—			0.5			0.5			—			—		—
	Total current derivative contracts		$	9.2		$	17.5		$	26.7		$	4.6		$	4.8	$	9.4
	Commodity contracts		$	4.0		$	0.7		$	4.7		$	2.2		$	0.5	$	2.7
	Foreign currency contracts		—			8.4			8.4			—			—		—
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.2			—			0.2			0.4			—		0.4
	Total noncurrent derivative contracts		$	4.2		$	9.1		$	13.3		$	2.6		$	0.5	$	3.1
	Liabilities:
	Commodity contracts		$	9.6		$	2.6		$	12.2		$	6.9		$	1.6	$	8.5
	Foreign currency contracts		7.6			0.5			8.1			1.6			1.3		2.9
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.4			—			0.4			0.5			0.4		0.9
	Total current derivative contracts		$	17.6		$	3.1		$	20.7		$	9.0		$	3.3	$	12.3
	Commodity contracts		$	3.1		$	0.7		$	3.8		$	6.8		$	0.5	$	7.3
	Foreign currency contracts		—			19.4			19.4			—			—		—
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.5			0.2			0.7			0.3			—		0.3
	Total noncurrent derivative contracts		$	3.6		$	20.3		$	23.9		$	7.1		$	0.5	$	7.6
	The company uses closing spot and forward market prices as published by the London Metal Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Reuters and Bloomberg to determine the fair value of any outstanding aluminum, currency, energy, inflation and interest rate spot and forward contracts. Option contracts are valued using a Black-Scholes model with observable market inputs for aluminum, currency and interest rates. We value each of our financial instruments either internally using a single valuation technique or from a reliable observable market source. The company does not adjust the value of its financial instruments except in determining the fair value of a trade that settles in the future by discounting the value to its present value using 12-month LIBOR as the discount factor. Ball performs validations of our internally derived fair values reported for our financial instruments on a quarterly basis utilizing counterparty valuation statements. The company additionally evaluates counterparty creditworthiness and, as of March 31, 2015, has not identified any circumstances requiring that the reported values of our financial instruments be adjusted.
	Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
			Three Months Ended March 31,
			2015						2014
	($ in millions)		Cash Flow			Gain (Loss) on			Cash Flow			Gain (Loss) on
			Hedge -Reclassified			Derivatives not			Hedge -Reclassified			Derivatives not
			Amount from			Designated as			Amount from			Designated as
			Accumulated			Hedge			Accumulated			Hedge
			Other			Instruments			Other			Instruments
			Comprehensive						Comprehensive
			Earnings (Loss)						Earnings (Loss)
	Commodity contracts (a)		$	(0.9	)	$	0.5		$	(6.7	)	$	0.2
	Interest rate contracts (b)		(0.2		)	(0.2		)	(0.3		)	—
	Foreign currency contracts (c)		(0.5		)	(40.7		)	—			(4.6		)
	Equity contracts (d)		—			2.4			—			(1.2		)
Total		$	(1.6	)	$	(38.0	)	$	(7.0	)	$	(5.6	)
	(a)		Gains and losses on commodity contracts are recorded in sales and cost of sales in the statements of earnings. Virtually all of these expenses were passed through to our customers, resulting in no significant impact to earnings.
	(b)		Gains and losses on interest contracts are recorded in total interest expense in the statements of earnings.
	(c)		Gains and losses on foreign currency contracts to hedge the sales of products are recorded in cost of sales. Gains and losses on foreign currency hedges used for transactions between segments are reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings. Gains and losses on foreign currency contracts related to the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam are reflected in business consolidation and other activities in the consolidated statement of earnings.
	(d)		Gains and losses on equity contracts are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings.
The changes in accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) for effective derivatives were as follows:
		Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions)		2015			2014
Amounts reclassified into earnings:
Commodity contracts		$	0.9		$	6.7
Interest rate contracts		0.2			0.3
Currency exchange contracts		0.5			—
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges:
Commodity contracts		4.2			(3.1		)
Interest rate contracts		(0.4		)	(0.3		)
Currency exchange contracts		(6.6		)	0.2
Foreign currency and tax impacts		0.7			(1.2		)
		$	(0.5	)	$	2.6

Contingencies

Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Contingencies
Contingencies
	17.  Contingencies
	Ball is subject to numerous lawsuits, claims or proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of business, including actions related to product liability; personal injury; the use and performance of company products; warranty matters; patent, trademark or other intellectual property infringement; contractual liability; the conduct of the company’s business; tax reporting in domestic and foreign jurisdictions; workplace safety; and environmental and other matters. The company has also been identified as a potentially responsible party (PRP) at several waste disposal sites under U.S. federal and related state environmental statutes and regulations and may have joint and several liability for any investigation and remediation costs incurred with respect to such sites. Some of these lawsuits, claims and proceedings involve substantial amounts, including as described below, and some of the environmental proceedings involve potential monetary costs or sanctions that may be material. Ball has denied liability with respect to many of these lawsuits, claims and proceedings and is vigorously defending such lawsuits, claims and proceedings. The company carries various forms of commercial, property and casualty, and other forms of insurance; however, such insurance may not be applicable or adequate to cover the costs associated with a judgment against Ball with respect to these lawsuits, claims and proceedings. The company does not believe that these lawsuits, claims and proceedings are material individually or in the aggregate. While management believes the company has established adequate accruals for expected future liability with respect to pending lawsuits, claims and proceedings, where the nature and extent of any such liability can be reasonably estimated based upon then presently available information, there can be no assurance that the final resolution of any existing or future lawsuits, claims or proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
	As previously reported, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) considers the company a PRP with respect to the Lowry Landfill site located east of Denver, Colorado. In 1992, the company was served with a lawsuit filed by the City and County of Denver (Denver) and Waste Management of Colorado, Inc., seeking contributions from the company and approximately 38 other companies. The company filed its answer denying the allegations of the complaint. Subsequently in 1992, the company was served with a third-party complaint filed by S.W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Inc., seeking contribution from the company and other companies for the costs associated with cleaning up the Lowry Landfill. The company denied the allegations of the complaint.
	Also in 1992, Ball entered into a settlement and indemnification agreement with Chemical Waste Management, Inc., and Waste Management of Colorado, Inc. (collectively Waste Management) and Denver pursuant to which Waste Management and Denver dismissed their lawsuit against the company, and Waste Management agreed to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the company from claims and lawsuits brought by governmental agencies and other parties relating to actions seeking contributions or remedial costs from the company for the cleanup of the site. Waste Management, Inc., has agreed to guarantee the obligations of Waste Management. Waste Management and Denver may seek additional payments from the company if the response costs related to the site exceed $319 million. In 2003 Waste Management, Inc., indicated that the cost of the site might exceed $319 million in 2030, approximately three years before the projected completion of the project. The company might also be responsible for payments (based on 1992 dollars) for any additional wastes that may have been disposed of by the company at the site but which are identified after the execution of the settlement agreement. While remediating the site, contaminants were encountered, which could add an additional cleanup cost of approximately $10 million. This additional cleanup cost could, in turn, add approximately $1 million to total site costs for the PRP group. At this time, there are no Lowry Landfill actions in which the company is actively involved. Based on the information available to the company at this time, we do not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect upon the liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
	In November 2012, the USEPA wrote to the company asserting that it is one of at least 50 PRPs with respect to the Lower Duwamish site located in Seattle, Washington, based on the company’s ownership of a glass container plant prior to 1995, and notifying the company of a proposed remediation action plan. An allocator has been selected to begin data review on over 30 industrial companies and government entities and at least two PRP groups have begun to discuss various allocation proposals, with this process expected to last approximately three years. During the third quarter of 2014, the PRP groups voted to include 20 new members. The USEPA issued the site Record of Decision (ROD) on December 2, 2014. Remediation costs of $342 million are expected according to the remediation plan, which does not include $100 million that has already been spent. Based on the information available to the company at this time, we do not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect upon the liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
	In February 2012, Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp. (BMBCC) filed an action against Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. (Crown) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio seeking a declaratory judgment that the sale and use of certain ends by BMBCC and its customers do not infringe certain claims of Crown’s U.S. patents. Crown subsequently filed a counterclaim alleging infringement of certain claims in these patents seeking unspecified monetary damages, fees and declaratory and injunctive relief. The parties are awaiting a claim construction order from the District Court. Based on the information available to the company at the present time, the company does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect upon the liquidity, results of operations or financial condition of the company.
	Latapack-Ball’s operations are involved in various governmental assessments, principally related to claims for taxes on the internal transfer of inventory, gross revenue taxes and tax incentives. The company does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will materially impact Ball Corporation’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Under customary local regulations, Latapack-Ball may need to post cash or other collateral if the process to challenge any administrative assessment proceeds to the Brazilian court system; however, the level of any potential cash or collateral required would not significantly impact the liquidity of the Latapack-Ball or Ball Corporation.

Indemnifications_and_Guarantee

Indemnifications and Guarantees	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Indemnifications and Guarantees
Indemnifications and Guarantees
	18.  Indemnifications and Guarantees
	General Guarantees
	The company or its appropriate consolidated direct or indirect subsidiaries have made certain indemnities, commitments and guarantees under which the specified entity may be required to make payments in relation to certain transactions. These indemnities, commitments and guarantees include indemnities to the customers of the subsidiaries in connection with the sales of their packaging and aerospace products and services; guarantees to suppliers of subsidiaries of the company guaranteeing the performance of the respective entity under a purchase agreement, construction contract or other commitment; guarantees in respect of certain foreign subsidiaries’ pension plans; indemnities for liabilities associated with the infringement of third party patents, trademarks or copyrights under various types of agreements; indemnities to various lessors in connection with facility, equipment, furniture and other personal property leases for certain claims arising from such leases; indemnities to governmental agencies in connection with the issuance of a permit or license to the company or a subsidiary; indemnities pursuant to agreements relating to certain joint ventures; indemnities in connection with the sale of businesses or substantially all of the assets and specified liabilities of businesses; and indemnities to directors, officers and employees of the company to the extent permitted under the laws of the State of Indiana and the United States of America. The duration of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees varies and, in certain cases, is indefinite. In addition, many of these indemnities, commitments and guarantees do not provide for any limitation on the maximum potential future payments the company could be obligated to make. As such, the company is unable to reasonably estimate its potential exposure under these items.
	The company has not recorded any liability for these indemnities, commitments and guarantees in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The company does, however, accrue for payments under promissory notes and other evidences of incurred indebtedness and for losses for any known contingent liability, including those that may arise from indemnifications, commitments and guarantees, when future payment is both reasonably estimable and probable. Finally, the company carries specific and general liability insurance policies and has obtained indemnities, commitments and guarantees from third party purchasers, sellers and other contracting parties, which the company believes would, in certain circumstances, provide recourse to any claims arising from these indemnifications, commitments and guarantees.
	Debt Guarantees
	The company’s senior notes and senior credit facilities are guaranteed on a full, unconditional and joint and several basis by certain of the company’s material domestic subsidiaries and the domestic subsidiary borrowers, and obligations of the subsidiary borrowers under the senior credit facilities are guaranteed by the company. Loans borrowed under the senior credit facilities by foreign subsidiary borrowers are also effectively guaranteed by certain of the company’s foreign subsidiaries by pledges of stock of the foreign subsidiary borrowers and stock of material foreign subsidiaries. These guarantees are required in support of the notes and credit facilities referred to above, are co-terminous with the terms of the respective note indentures and credit agreements and would require performance upon certain events of default referred to in the respective guarantees. The maximum potential amounts which could be required to be paid under the domestic guarantees are essentially equal to the then outstanding principal and interest under the respective notes and credit agreements, or under the applicable tranche, and the maximum potential amounts that could be required to be paid under the foreign stock pledges by foreign subsidiaries are essentially equal to the value of the stock pledged. The company is not in default under the above notes or credit facilities. The condensed consolidating financial information for the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries is presented in Note 19. Separate financial statements for the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries are not presented because management has determined that such financial statements are not required by the current regulations.
	Accounts Receivable Securitization
	Ball Capital Corp. II is a separate, wholly owned corporate entity created for the purchase of accounts receivable from certain of the company’s wholly owned subsidiaries. Ball Capital Corp. II’s assets will be available first to satisfy the claims of its creditors. The company has been designated as the servicer pursuant to an agreement whereby Ball Capital Corp. II may sell and assign the accounts receivable to a commercial lender or lenders. As the servicer, the company is responsible for the servicing, administration and collection of the receivables and is primarily liable for the performance of such obligations. The company, the relevant subsidiaries and Ball Capital Corp. II are not in default under the above credit arrangement.

Subsidiary_Guarantees_of_Debt

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
	19.  Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
	The company’s senior notes are guaranteed on a full, unconditional and joint and several basis by certain of the company’s material domestic subsidiaries. Each of the guarantor subsidiaries is 100 percent owned by Ball Corporation. These guarantees are required in support of the notes, are co-terminous with the terms of the respective note indentures and would require performance upon certain events of default referred to in the respective guarantees. The maximum potential amounts that could be required to be paid under the domestic guarantees are essentially equal to the then outstanding principal and interest under the respective notes. The following is unaudited condensed, consolidating financial information for the company, segregating the guarantor subsidiaries and non-guarantor subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, and for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. Separate financial statements for the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries are not presented because management has determined that such financial statements are not required by the current regulations.
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	Net sales	$	—		$	1,144.50		$	789.1		$	(10.5	)	$	1,923.10
	Cost and expenses
	Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	—			(946.7		)	(624.7		)	10.5			(1,560.9		)
	Depreciation and amortization	(1.3		)	(32.1		)	(34.9		)	—			(68.3		)
	Selling, general and administrative	(23.9		)	(40.3		)	(51.8		)	—			(116.0		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(48.2		)	(0.2		)	(3.6		)	—			(52.0		)
	Equity in results of subsidiaries	94.7			39.8			—			(134.5		)	—
	Intercompany	51.5			(42.2		)	(9.3		)	—			—
		72.8			(1,021.7		)	(724.3		)	(124.0		)	(1,797.2		)
	Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes	72.8			122.8			64.8			(134.5		)	125.9
	Interest expense	(37.4		)	1.6			(2.7		)	—			(38.5		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(59.3		)	—			(0.6		)	—			(59.9		)
	Total interest expense	(96.7		)	1.6			(3.3		)	—			(98.4		)
	Earnings (loss) before taxes	(23.9		)	124.4			61.5			(134.5		)	27.5
	Tax provision	44.6			(31.0		)	(14.1		)	—			(0.5		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	—			0.2			0.3			—			0.5
	Net earnings (loss)	20.7			93.6			47.7			(134.5		)	27.5
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(6.8		)	—			(6.8		)
	Net earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7		$	93.6		$	40.9		$	(134.5	)	$	20.7
	Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	(99.4	)	$	(27.5	)	$	(80.3	)	$	107.8		$	(99.4	)
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	Net sales	$	—		$	1,171.80		$	837.8		$	(2.8	)	$	2,006.80
	Cost and expenses
	Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	(0.1		)	(972.1		)	(643.5		)	2.8			(1,612.9		)
	Depreciation and amortization	(1.5		)	(30.8		)	(36.5		)	—			(68.8		)
	Selling, general and administrative	(22.7		)	(43.5		)	(41.5		)	—			(107.7		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(0.6		)	(3.8		)	4.4			—			—
	Equity in results of subsidiaries	134.6			81.5			—			(216.1		)	—
	Intercompany	47.3			(43.1		)	(4.2		)	—			—
		157			(1,011.8		)	(721.3		)	(213.3		)	(1,789.4		)
	Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes	157			160			116.5			(216.1		)	217.4
	Interest expense	(38.0		)	0.5			(2.7		)	—			(40.2		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(33.1		)	—			—			—			(33.1		)
	Total interest expense	(71.1		)	0.5			(2.7		)	—			(73.3		)
	Earnings (loss) before taxes	85.9			160.5			113.8			(216.1		)	144.1
	Tax provision	7.6			(25.1		)	(22.1		)	—			(39.6		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	—			0.2			0.2			—			0.4
	Net earnings (loss)	93.5			135.6			91.9			(216.1		)	104.9
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(11.4		)	—			(11.4		)
	Net earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	93.5		$	135.6		$	80.5		$	(216.1	)	$	93.5
	Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	77.7		$	119.3		$	62.5		$	(181.8	)	$	77.7
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
		March 31, 2015
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	ASSETS
	Current assets
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.3		$	0.4		$	228.1		$	—		$	228.8
	Receivables, net	20.4			257.5			765.8			—			1,043.70
	Intercompany receivables	179.4			105.9			1			(286.3		)	—
	Inventories, net	—			620.5			412.7			—			1,033.20
	Deferred taxes and other current assets	32.9			77.4			51.9			—			162.2
	Total current assets	233			1,061.70			1,459.50			(286.3		)	2,467.90
	Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	14.7			990.4			1,418.50			—			2,423.60
Investment in subsidiaries	3,129.90			2,127.20			78.6			(5,335.7		)	—
Goodwill	—			970.4			1,207.40			—			2,177.80
Intangibles and other assets, net	251.7			102.2			237.3			—			591.2
Total assets	$	3,629.30		$	5,251.90		$	4,401.30		$	(5,622.0	)	$	7,660.50
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	$	123.9		$	0.3		$	220.5		$	—		$	344.7
Accounts payable	23.6			703			544.6			—			1,271.20
Intercompany payables	98			—			187.9			(285.9		)	—
Accrued employee costs	36.6			76.9			66.6			—			180.1
Other current liabilities	62.1			53.6			127.6			—			243.3
Total current liabilities	344.2			833.8			1,147.20			(285.9		)	2,039.30
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	3,012.90			0.2			139			—			3,152.10
Employee benefit obligations	317.8			444.6			369.9			—			1,132.30
Intercompany long-term notes	(904.6		)	608.3			296.6			(0.3		)	—
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	(81.7		)	166			99.1			—			183.4
Total liabilities	2,688.60			2,052.90			2,051.80			(286.2		)	6,507.10
Common stock	1,149.80			2,293.50			534			(2,827.5		)	1,149.80
Preferred stock	—			—			4.8			(4.8		)	—
Retained earnings	4,349.80			1,483.00			1,880.80			(3,363.8		)	4,349.80
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(642.1		)	(577.5		)	(282.8		)	860.3			(642.1		)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,916.8		)	—			—			—			(3,916.8		)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders’ equity	940.7			3,199.00			2,136.80			(5,335.8		)	940.7
Noncontrolling interests	—			—			212.7			—			212.7
Total shareholders’ equity	940.7			3,199.00			2,349.50			(5,335.8		)	1,153.40
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	3,629.30		$	5,251.90		$	4,401.30		$	(5,622.0	)	$	7,660.50
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	December 31, 2014
($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
	Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1.5		$	0.4		$	189.5		$	—		$	191.4
Receivables, net	43.7			241.3			672.1			—			957.1
Intercompany receivables	94			99.9			4.3			(198.2		)	—
Inventories, net	—			575			441.7			—			1,016.70
Deferred taxes and other current assets	3.1			75.1			70.1			—			148.3
Total current assets	142.3			991.7			1,377.70			(198.2		)	2,313.50
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	15.1			968			1,447.60			—			2,430.70
Investment in subsidiaries	3,152.70			2,212.20			78.6			(5,443.5		)	—
Goodwill	—			931			1,323.50			—			2,254.50
Intangibles and other assets, net	232.4			93.5			246.4			—			572.3
Total assets	$	3,542.50		$	5,196.40		$	4,473.80		$	(5,641.7	)	$	7,571.00
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	$	1.9		$	7.6		$	165.6		$	—		$	175.1
Accounts payable	7.1			732.5			600.4			—			1,340.00
Intercompany payables	99.7			1.5			97			(198.2		)	—
Accrued employee costs	22.3			155.6			92			—			269.9
Other current liabilities	51.6			38			132.2			—			221.8
Total current liabilities	182.6			935.2			1,087.20			(198.2		)	2,006.80
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	2,750.00			0.2			243.6			—			2,993.80
Employee benefit obligations	329.4			432.7			416.2			—			1,178.30
Intercompany long-term notes	(646.4		)	463.1			183.3			—			—
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	(106.2		)	138.7			120			—			152.5
Total liabilities	2,509.40			1,969.90			2,050.30			(198.2		)	6,331.40
Common stock	1,131.30			2,293.50			534			(2,827.5		)	1,131.30
Preferred stock	—			—			4.8			(4.8		)	—
Retained earnings	4,346.90			1,389.40			1,839.90			(3,229.3		)	4,346.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(522.1		)	(456.4		)	(161.7		)	618.1			(522.1		)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,923.0		)	—			—			—			(3,923.0		)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders’ equity	1,033.10			3,226.50			2,217.00			(5,443.5		)	1,033.10
Noncontrolling interests	—			—			206.5			—			206.5
Total shareholders’ equity	1,033.10			3,226.50			2,423.50			(5,443.5		)	1,239.60
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	3,542.50		$	5,196.40		$	4,473.80		$	(5,641.7	)	$	7,571.00
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Total
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(25.9	)	$	(61.9	)	$	(92.7	)	$	(180.5	)
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(2.0		)	(43.7		)	(59.8		)	(105.5		)
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	—			(29.1		)	—			(29.1		)
Other, net	9.6			4.4			0.1			14.1
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	7.6			(68.4		)	(59.7		)	(120.5		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Long-term borrowings	1,275.00			—			—			1,275.00
Repayments of long-term borrowings	(1,000.1		)	—			(87.7		)	(1,087.8		)
Net change in short-term borrowings	121.3			(7.3		)	57.1			171.1
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.2			—			—			9.2
Acquisitions of treasury stock	(3.2		)	—			—			(3.2		)
Common dividends	(18.2		)	—			—			(18.2		)
Intercompany	(345.1		)	137.6			207.5			—
Other, net	(18.7		)	—			—			(18.7		)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	20.2			130.3			176.9			327.4
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(3.1		)	—			14.1			11
Change in cash and cash equivalents	(1.2		)	—			38.6			37.4
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period	1.5			0.4			189.5			191.4
Cash and cash equivalents — end of period	$	0.3		$	0.4		$	228.1		$	228.8
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Total
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(50.3	)	$	(126.5	)	$	40.6		$	(136.2	)
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(1.1		)	(23.6		)	(36.7		)	(61.4		)
Other, net	0.1			(0.4		)	6.6			6.3
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1.0		)	(24.0		)	(30.1		)	(55.1		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Long-term borrowings	375			—			0.1			375.1
Repayments of long-term borrowings	(415.4		)	(0.2		)	(97.8		)	(513.4		)
Net change in short-term borrowings	60			0.2			239.3			299.5
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.3			—			—			9.3
Acquisitions of treasury stock	(202.8		)	—			—			(202.8		)
Common dividends	(18.6		)	—			—			(18.6		)
Intercompany	23.8			150.6			(174.4		)	—
Other, net	5.8			—			—			5.8
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(162.9		)	150.6			(32.8		)	(45.1		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(3.8		)	—			(0.4		)	(4.2		)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	(218.0		)	0.1			(22.7		)	(240.6		)
Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period	218.6			0.3			197.1			416
Cash and cash equivalents — end of period	$	0.6		$	0.4		$	174.4		$	175.4

Business_Segment_Information_T

Business Segment Information (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Business Segment Information
Summary of business by segment
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Net sales
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	1,023.00		$	997.6
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	379.2			450.2
	Metal food & household products packaging	308.3			341.1
	Aerospace & technologies	214.8			220.7
	Corporate and intercompany eliminations	(2.2		)	(2.8		)
	Net sales	1,923.10			2,006.80
	Net earnings
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	125		$	125.1
	Business consolidation and other activities	(2.3		)	4.8
	Total metal beverage packaging Americas & Asia	122.7			129.9
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	28.9			55.5
	Business consolidation and other activities	(2.0		)	(1.2		)
	Total metal beverage packaging, Europe	26.9			54.3
	Metal food & household products packaging	30.2			36.3
	Business consolidation and other activities	(0.2		)	(3.1		)
	Total metal food & household products packaging	30			33.2
	Aerospace & technologies	20			24.1
	Business consolidation and other activities	0.7			—
	Total aerospace & technologies	20.7			24.1
	Segment earnings before interest and taxes	200.3			241.5
	Undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	(26.2		)	(23.6		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(48.2		)	(0.5		)
	Total undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	(74.4		)	(24.1		)
	Earnings before interest and taxes	125.9			217.4
	Interest expense	(38.5		)	(40.2		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(59.9		)	(33.1		)
	Total interest expense	(98.4		)	(73.3		)
	Tax provision	(0.5		)	(39.6		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.5			0.4
	Net earnings	27.5			104.9
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6.8		)	(11.4		)
	Net earnings attibutable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7		$	93.5
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Total Assets
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	3,555.80		$	3,422.80
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	2,216.90			2,274.50
	Metal food & household products packaging	1,632.10			1,508.10
	Aerospace & technologies	399.4			411.6
	Segment assets	7,804.20			7,617.00
	Corporate assets, net of eliminations	(143.7		)	(46.0		)
	Total assets	$	7,660.50		$	7,571.00

Business_Consolidation_and_Oth1

Business Consolidation and Other Activities (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Business Consolidation and Other Activities
Summary of business consolidation and other activity charges included in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Metal beverage packaging, Americas & Asia	$	(2.3	)	$	4.8
	Metal beverage packaging, Europe	(2.0		)	(1.2		)
	Metal food & household products packaging	(0.2		)	(3.1		)
	Aerospace & technologies	0.7			—
	Corporate and other	(48.2		)	(0.5		)
		$	(52.0	)	$	—
Summary by segment of the activity in the business consolidation reserves
	($ in millions)	Metal Food &			Metal Beverage			Total
		Household			Packaging,
		Products			Europe
		Packaging
	Balance at December 31, 2014	$	5.1		$	0.9		$	6
	(Gains) charges in earnings	0.2			1.2			1.4
	Cash payments and other activity	(3.0		)	(0.1		)	(3.1		)
	Balance at March 31, 2015	$	2.3		$	2		$	4.3

Receivables_Tables

Receivables (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Receivables
Schedule of receivables
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Trade accounts receivable	$	907.4		$	800
	Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(6.2		)	(7.0		)
	Net trade accounts receivable	901.2			793
	Other receivables	142.5			164.1
		$	1,043.70		$	957.1

Inventories_Tables

Inventories (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Inventories
Schedule of inventories
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Raw materials and supplies	$	439.8		$	479.2
	Work-in-process and finished goods	633.5			579.2
	Less inventory reserves	(40.1		)	(41.7		)
		$	1,033.20		$	1,016.70

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_T

Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment
Schedule of property, plant and equipment
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Land	$	63.9		$	64.6
	Buildings	967.5			973.4
	Machinery and equipment	3,623.60			3,612.50
	Construction-in-progress	359.6			382.7
		5,014.60			5,033.20
	Accumulated depreciation	(2,591.0		)	(2,602.5		)
		$	2,423.60		$	2,430.70

Goodwill_Tables

Goodwill (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill
Schedule of goodwill
	($ in millions)	Metal		Metal			Metal Food &			Aerospace &		Total
		Beverage		Beverage			Household			Technologies
		Packaging,		Packaging,			Products
		Americas &		Europe			Packaging
		Asia
	Balance at December 31, 2014	$	739.5	$	913.9		$	592.5		$	8.6	$	2,254.50
	Business acquisition	—		—			39.4			—		39.4
	Effects of currency exchange rates	—		(99.5		)	(16.6		)	—		(116.1		)
	Balance at March 31, 2015	$	739.5	$	814.4		$	615.3		$	8.6	$	2,177.80

Intangibles_and_Other_Assets_T

Intangibles and Other Assets (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Intangibles and Other Assets
Schedule of intangibles and other assets
		March 31,		December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015		2014
	Investments in affiliates	$	31.3	$	33.2
	Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $118.1 million at March 31, 2015, and $115.2 million at December 31, 2014)	134.0		137.1
	Capitalized software (net of accumulated amortization of $105.8 million at March 31, 2015, and $103.8 million at December 31, 2014)	69.2		62.6
	Company and trust-owned life insurance	146.5		168.1
	Deferred financing costs	56.2		36.3
	Long-term deferred tax assets	70.6		66.5
	Other	83.4		68.5
		$	591.2	$	572.3

Debt_Tables

Debt (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt
Schedule of long-term debt
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Notes Payable
	6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020	$	—		$	500
	5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021	—			500
	5.00% Senior Notes, due March 2022	750			750
	4.00% Senior Notes, due November 2023	1,000.00			1,000.00
	Multi-currency revolver, due February 2018 (at variable rates)	1,275.00			—
	Senior Credit Facilities, due June 2018 (at variable rates)
	Term C loan, euro denominated	—			92.9
	Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at various rates and terms),
	denominated in various currencies	199.5			204.2
	Other (including discounts),
	denominated in various currencies	(9.9		)	1.7
		3,214.60			3,048.80
	Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(62.5		)	(55.0		)
		$	3,152.10		$	2,993.80

Employee_Benefit_Obligations_T

Employee Benefit Obligations (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Employee Benefit Obligations
Schedule of employee benefit obligations
		March 31,			December 31,
	($ in millions)	2015			2014
	Underfunded defined benefit pension liabilities	$	688.2		$	724.1
	Less current portion and prepaid pension assets	(18.6		)	(19.4		)
	Long-term defined benefit pension liabilities	669.6			704.7
	Retiree medical and other postemployment benefits	168.8			169
	Deferred compensation plans	265.3			272.2
	Other	28.6			32.4
		$	1,132.30		$	1,178.30
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Employee Benefit Obligations
Components of net periodic benefit cost
		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015									2014
	($ in millions)	U.S.			Foreign			Total			U.S.			Foreign			Total
	Ball-sponsored plans:
	Service cost	$	13		$	3.7		$	16.7		$	11.4		$	3.5		$	14.9
	Interest cost	14.3			4.7			19			15.6			6.5			22.1
	Expected return on plan assets	(19.8		)	(5.0		)	(24.8		)	(20.5		)	(3.5		)	(24.0		)
	Amortization of prior service cost	(0.3		)	(0.1		)	(0.4		)	—			(0.1		)	(0.1		)
	Recognized net actuarial loss	9.8			2.5			12.3			7.2			1.3			8.5
	Net periodic benefit cost for
	Ball-sponsored plans	17			5.8			22.8			13.7			7.7			21.4
	Net periodic benefit cost for multiemployer plans	0.5			—			0.5			0.7			—			0.7
	Total net periodic benefit cost	$	17.5		$	5.8		$	23.3		$	14.4		$	7.7		$	22.1

Shareholders_Equity_and_Compre1

Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings
Schedule of activity related to accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)
	($ in millions)		Foreign			Pension and			Effective			Accumulated
			Currency			Other			Derivatives			Other
			Translation			Postretirement			(Net of Tax)			Comprehensive
						Benefits						Earnings (Loss)
						(Net of Tax)
	Balance at December 31, 2014		$	(18.4	)	$	(499.9	)	$	(3.8	)	$	(522.1	)
	Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications		(138.6		)	11.6			(1.4		)	(128.4		)
	Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)		—			7.5			0.9			8.4
	Balance at March 31, 2015		$	(157.0	)	$	(480.8	)	$	(4.3	)	$	(642.1	)
Information related to amounts recognized into net earnings from AOCI
			Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)		2015			2014
	Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:
	Commodity contracts recorded in net sales		$	(1.4	)	$	0.8
	Commodity contracts and currency exchange contracts recorded in cost of sales		—			(7.5		)
	Interest rate contracts recorded in interest expense		(0.2		)	(0.3		)
	Total before tax effect		(1.6		)	(7.0		)
	Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings		0.7			0.9
	Recognized gain (loss)		$	(0.9	)	$	(6.1	)
	Amortization of pension and other postretirement benefits (a):
	Prior service income (cost)		$	0.4		$	0.1
	Actuarial gains (losses)		(12.3		)	(8.5		)
	Total before tax effect		(11.9		)	(8.4		)
	Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings		4.4			3.1
	Recognized gain (loss)		$	(7.5	)	$	(5.3	)
		(a)		These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost included in Note 12.

StockBased_Compensation_Progra1

Stock-Based Compensation Programs (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Stock-Based Compensation Programs
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used for estimating fair values of options
		February 2015		January 2014
	Expected dividend yield	0.79	%	1.06	%
	Expected stock price volatility	22.11	%	21.41	%
	Risk-free interest rate	1.39	%	1.65	%
	Expected life of options (in years)	5.85 years		5.5 years

Earnings_and_Dividends_Per_Sha1

Earnings and Dividends Per Share (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings and Dividends Per Share
Schedule of earnings per share
		Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)	2015		2014
	Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7	$	93.5
	Basic weighted average common shares	137,086		140,405
	Effect of dilutive securities	3,990		3,653
	Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share	141,076		144,058
	Per basic share	$	0.15	$	0.67
	Per diluted share	$	0.15	$	0.65

Financial_Instruments_and_Risk1

Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Schedule of fair value of derivative instruments
			March 31, 2015									December 31, 2014
	($ in millions)		Derivatives			Derivatives not			Total			Derivatives			Derivatives not		Total
			Designated			Designated as						Designated			Designated as
			as Hedging			Hedging						as Hedging			Hedging
			Instruments			Instruments						Instruments			Instruments
	Assets:
	Commodity contracts		$	8.1		$	1.6		$	9.7		$	3.8		$	1.3	$	5.1
	Foreign currency contracts		1.1			15.4			16.5			0.8			3.5		4.3
	Interest rate and other contracts		—			0.5			0.5			—			—		—
	Total current derivative contracts		$	9.2		$	17.5		$	26.7		$	4.6		$	4.8	$	9.4
	Commodity contracts		$	4.0		$	0.7		$	4.7		$	2.2		$	0.5	$	2.7
	Foreign currency contracts		—			8.4			8.4			—			—		—
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.2			—			0.2			0.4			—		0.4
	Total noncurrent derivative contracts		$	4.2		$	9.1		$	13.3		$	2.6		$	0.5	$	3.1
	Liabilities:
	Commodity contracts		$	9.6		$	2.6		$	12.2		$	6.9		$	1.6	$	8.5
	Foreign currency contracts		7.6			0.5			8.1			1.6			1.3		2.9
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.4			—			0.4			0.5			0.4		0.9
	Total current derivative contracts		$	17.6		$	3.1		$	20.7		$	9.0		$	3.3	$	12.3
	Commodity contracts		$	3.1		$	0.7		$	3.8		$	6.8		$	0.5	$	7.3
	Foreign currency contracts		—			19.4			19.4			—			—		—
	Interest rate and other contracts		0.5			0.2			0.7			0.3			—		0.3
	Total noncurrent derivative contracts		$	3.6		$	20.3		$	23.9		$	7.1		$	0.5	$	7.6
Schedule of impact on earnings from derivative instruments
			Three Months Ended March 31,
			2015						2014
	($ in millions)		Cash Flow			Gain (Loss) on			Cash Flow			Gain (Loss) on
			Hedge -Reclassified			Derivatives not			Hedge -Reclassified			Derivatives not
			Amount from			Designated as			Amount from			Designated as
			Accumulated			Hedge			Accumulated			Hedge
			Other			Instruments			Other			Instruments
			Comprehensive						Comprehensive
			Earnings (Loss)						Earnings (Loss)
	Commodity contracts (a)		$	(0.9	)	$	0.5		$	(6.7	)	$	0.2
	Interest rate contracts (b)		(0.2		)	(0.2		)	(0.3		)	—
	Foreign currency contracts (c)		(0.5		)	(40.7		)	—			(4.6		)
	Equity contracts (d)		—			2.4			—			(1.2		)
	Total		$	(1.6	)	$	(38.0	)	$	(7.0	)	$	(5.6	)
		(a)		Gains and losses on commodity contracts are recorded in sales and cost of sales in the statements of earnings. Virtually all of these expenses were passed through to our customers, resulting in no significant impact to earnings.
		(b)		Gains and losses on interest contracts are recorded in total interest expense in the statements of earnings.
		(c)		Gains and losses on foreign currency contracts to hedge the sales of products are recorded in cost of sales. Gains and losses on foreign currency hedges used for transactions between segments are reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings. Gains and losses on foreign currency contracts related to the announced, proposed acquisition of Rexam are reflected in business consolidation and other activities in the consolidated statement of earnings.
		(d)		Gains and losses on equity contracts are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings.
Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) for effective derivatives
			Three Months Ended March 31,
	($ in millions)		2015			2014
	Amounts reclassified into earnings:
	Commodity contracts		$	0.9		$	6.7
	Interest rate contracts		0.2			0.3
	Currency exchange contracts		0.5			—
	Change in fair value of cash flow hedges:
	Commodity contracts		4.2			(3.1		)
	Interest rate contracts		(0.4		)	(0.3		)
	Currency exchange contracts		(6.6		)	0.2
	Foreign currency and tax impacts		0.7			(1.2		)
			$	(0.5	)	$	2.6

Subsidiary_Guarantees_of_Debt_

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	Net sales	$	—		$	1,144.50		$	789.1		$	(10.5	)	$	1,923.10
	Cost and expenses
	Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	—			(946.7		)	(624.7		)	10.5			(1,560.9		)
	Depreciation and amortization	(1.3		)	(32.1		)	(34.9		)	—			(68.3		)
	Selling, general and administrative	(23.9		)	(40.3		)	(51.8		)	—			(116.0		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(48.2		)	(0.2		)	(3.6		)	—			(52.0		)
	Equity in results of subsidiaries	94.7			39.8			—			(134.5		)	—
	Intercompany	51.5			(42.2		)	(9.3		)	—			—
		72.8			(1,021.7		)	(724.3		)	(124.0		)	(1,797.2		)
	Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes	72.8			122.8			64.8			(134.5		)	125.9
	Interest expense	(37.4		)	1.6			(2.7		)	—			(38.5		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(59.3		)	—			(0.6		)	—			(59.9		)
	Total interest expense	(96.7		)	1.6			(3.3		)	—			(98.4		)
	Earnings (loss) before taxes	(23.9		)	124.4			61.5			(134.5		)	27.5
	Tax provision	44.6			(31.0		)	(14.1		)	—			(0.5		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	—			0.2			0.3			—			0.5
	Net earnings (loss)	20.7			93.6			47.7			(134.5		)	27.5
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(6.8		)	—			(6.8		)
	Net earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	20.7		$	93.6		$	40.9		$	(134.5	)	$	20.7
	Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	(99.4	)	$	(27.5	)	$	(80.3	)	$	107.8		$	(99.4	)
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	Net sales	$	—		$	1,171.80		$	837.8		$	(2.8	)	$	2,006.80
	Cost and expenses
	Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	(0.1		)	(972.1		)	(643.5		)	2.8			(1,612.9		)
	Depreciation and amortization	(1.5		)	(30.8		)	(36.5		)	—			(68.8		)
	Selling, general and administrative	(22.7		)	(43.5		)	(41.5		)	—			(107.7		)
	Business consolidation and other activities	(0.6		)	(3.8		)	4.4			—			—
	Equity in results of subsidiaries	134.6			81.5			—			(216.1		)	—
	Intercompany	47.3			(43.1		)	(4.2		)	—			—
		157			(1,011.8		)	(721.3		)	(213.3		)	(1,789.4		)
	Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes	157			160			116.5			(216.1		)	217.4
	Interest expense	(38.0		)	0.5			(2.7		)	—			(40.2		)
	Debt refinancing and other costs	(33.1		)	—			—			—			(33.1		)
	Total interest expense	(71.1		)	0.5			(2.7		)	—			(73.3		)
	Earnings (loss) before taxes	85.9			160.5			113.8			(216.1		)	144.1
	Tax provision	7.6			(25.1		)	(22.1		)	—			(39.6		)
	Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	—			0.2			0.2			—			0.4
	Net earnings (loss)	93.5			135.6			91.9			(216.1		)	104.9
	Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			(11.4		)	—			(11.4		)
	Net earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	93.5		$	135.6		$	80.5		$	(216.1	)	$	93.5
	Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$	77.7		$	119.3		$	62.5		$	(181.8	)	$	77.7
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
		March 31, 2015
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	ASSETS
	Current assets
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	0.3		$	0.4		$	228.1		$	—		$	228.8
	Receivables, net	20.4			257.5			765.8			—			1,043.70
	Intercompany receivables	179.4			105.9			1			(286.3		)	—
	Inventories, net	—			620.5			412.7			—			1,033.20
	Deferred taxes and other current assets	32.9			77.4			51.9			—			162.2
	Total current assets	233			1,061.70			1,459.50			(286.3		)	2,467.90
	Noncurrent assets
	Property, plant and equipment, net	14.7			990.4			1,418.50			—			2,423.60
	Investment in subsidiaries	3,129.90			2,127.20			78.6			(5,335.7		)	—
	Goodwill	—			970.4			1,207.40			—			2,177.80
	Intangibles and other assets, net	251.7			102.2			237.3			—			591.2
	Total assets	$	3,629.30		$	5,251.90		$	4,401.30		$	(5,622.0	)	$	7,660.50
	LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
	Current liabilities
	Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	$	123.9		$	0.3		$	220.5		$	—		$	344.7
	Accounts payable	23.6			703			544.6			—			1,271.20
	Intercompany payables	98			—			187.9			(285.9		)	—
	Accrued employee costs	36.6			76.9			66.6			—			180.1
	Other current liabilities	62.1			53.6			127.6			—			243.3
	Total current liabilities	344.2			833.8			1,147.20			(285.9		)	2,039.30
	Noncurrent liabilities
	Long-term debt	3,012.90			0.2			139			—			3,152.10
	Employee benefit obligations	317.8			444.6			369.9			—			1,132.30
	Intercompany long-term notes	(904.6		)	608.3			296.6			(0.3		)	—
	Deferred taxes and other liabilities	(81.7		)	166			99.1			—			183.4
	Total liabilities	2,688.60			2,052.90			2,051.80			(286.2		)	6,507.10
	Common stock	1,149.80			2,293.50			534			(2,827.5		)	1,149.80
	Preferred stock	—			—			4.8			(4.8		)	—
	Retained earnings	4,349.80			1,483.00			1,880.80			(3,363.8		)	4,349.80
	Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(642.1		)	(577.5		)	(282.8		)	860.3			(642.1		)
	Treasury stock, at cost	(3,916.8		)	—			—			—			(3,916.8		)
	Total Ball Corporation shareholders’ equity	940.7			3,199.00			2,136.80			(5,335.8		)	940.7
	Noncontrolling interests	—			—			212.7			—			212.7
	Total shareholders’ equity	940.7			3,199.00			2,349.50			(5,335.8		)	1,153.40
	Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	3,629.30		$	5,251.90		$	4,401.30		$	(5,622.0	)	$	7,660.50
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
		December 31, 2014
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Eliminating			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Adjustments			Total
	ASSETS
	Current assets
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	1.5		$	0.4		$	189.5		$	—		$	191.4
	Receivables, net	43.7			241.3			672.1			—			957.1
	Intercompany receivables	94			99.9			4.3			(198.2		)	—
	Inventories, net	—			575			441.7			—			1,016.70
	Deferred taxes and other current assets	3.1			75.1			70.1			—			148.3
	Total current assets	142.3			991.7			1,377.70			(198.2		)	2,313.50
	Noncurrent assets
	Property, plant and equipment, net	15.1			968			1,447.60			—			2,430.70
	Investment in subsidiaries	3,152.70			2,212.20			78.6			(5,443.5		)	—
	Goodwill	—			931			1,323.50			—			2,254.50
	Intangibles and other assets, net	232.4			93.5			246.4			—			572.3
	Total assets	$	3,542.50		$	5,196.40		$	4,473.80		$	(5,641.7	)	$	7,571.00
	LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
	Current liabilities
	Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	$	1.9		$	7.6		$	165.6		$	—		$	175.1
	Accounts payable	7.1			732.5			600.4			—			1,340.00
Intercompany payables	99.7			1.5			97			(198.2		)	—
Accrued employee costs	22.3			155.6			92			—			269.9
Other current liabilities	51.6			38			132.2			—			221.8
Total current liabilities	182.6			935.2			1,087.20			(198.2		)	2,006.80
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	2,750.00			0.2			243.6			—			2,993.80
Employee benefit obligations	329.4			432.7			416.2			—			1,178.30
Intercompany long-term notes	(646.4		)	463.1			183.3			—			—
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	(106.2		)	138.7			120			—			152.5
Total liabilities	2,509.40			1,969.90			2,050.30			(198.2		)	6,331.40
Common stock	1,131.30			2,293.50			534			(2,827.5		)	1,131.30
Preferred stock	—			—			4.8			(4.8		)	—
Retained earnings	4,346.90			1,389.40			1,839.90			(3,229.3		)	4,346.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(522.1		)	(456.4		)	(161.7		)	618.1			(522.1		)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,923.0		)	—			—			—			(3,923.0		)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders’ equity	1,033.10			3,226.50			2,217.00			(5,443.5		)	1,033.10
Noncontrolling interests	—			—			206.5			—			206.5
Total shareholders’ equity	1,033.10			3,226.50			2,423.50			(5,443.5		)	1,239.60
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	3,542.50		$	5,196.40		$	4,473.80		$	(5,641.7	)	$	7,571.00
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Total
	Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(25.9	)	$	(61.9	)	$	(92.7	)	$	(180.5	)
	Cash flows from investing activities
	Capital expenditures	(2.0		)	(43.7		)	(59.8		)	(105.5		)
	Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	—			(29.1		)	—			(29.1		)
	Other, net	9.6			4.4			0.1			14.1
	Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	7.6			(68.4		)	(59.7		)	(120.5		)
	Cash flows from financing activities
	Long-term borrowings	1,275.00			—			—			1,275.00
	Repayments of long-term borrowings	(1,000.1		)	—			(87.7		)	(1,087.8		)
	Net change in short-term borrowings	121.3			(7.3		)	57.1			171.1
	Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.2			—			—			9.2
	Acquisitions of treasury stock	(3.2		)	—			—			(3.2		)
	Common dividends	(18.2		)	—			—			(18.2		)
	Intercompany	(345.1		)	137.6			207.5			—
	Other, net	(18.7		)	—			—			(18.7		)
	Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	20.2			130.3			176.9			327.4
	Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(3.1		)	—			14.1			11
	Change in cash and cash equivalents	(1.2		)	—			38.6			37.4
	Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period	1.5			0.4			189.5			191.4
	Cash and cash equivalents — end of period	$	0.3		$	0.4		$	228.1		$	228.8
		Unaudited Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	($ in millions)	Ball			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
		Corporation			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Total
	Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(50.3	)	$	(126.5	)	$	40.6		$	(136.2	)
	Cash flows from investing activities
	Capital expenditures	(1.1		)	(23.6		)	(36.7		)	(61.4		)
	Other, net	0.1			(0.4		)	6.6			6.3
	Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1.0		)	(24.0		)	(30.1		)	(55.1		)
	Cash flows from financing activities
	Long-term borrowings	375			—			0.1			375.1
	Repayments of long-term borrowings	(415.4		)	(0.2		)	(97.8		)	(513.4		)
	Net change in short-term borrowings	60			0.2			239.3			299.5
	Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.3			—			—			9.3
	Acquisitions of treasury stock	(202.8		)	—			—			(202.8		)
	Common dividends	(18.6		)	—			—			(18.6		)
	Intercompany	23.8			150.6			(174.4		)	—
	Other, net	5.8			—			—			5.8
	Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(162.9		)	150.6			(32.8		)	(45.1		)
	Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(3.8		)	—			(0.4		)	(4.2		)
	Change in cash and cash equivalents	(218.0		)	0.1			(22.7		)	(240.6		)
	Cash and cash equivalents — beginning of period	218.6			0.3			197.1			416
	Cash and cash equivalents — end of period	$	0.6		$	0.4		$	174.4		$	175.4

Business_Segment_Information_D

Business Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
	segment
Business Segment Information
Number of reportable segments	4
Business Segment Information
Net sales	$1,923.10	$2,006.80
Business consolidation and other activities	-52
Earnings before interest and taxes	125.9	217.4
Interest expense	-38.5	-40.2
Debt refinancing and other costs	-59.9	-33.1
Total interest expense	-98.4	-73.3
Tax provision	-0.5	-39.6
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.5	0.4
Net earnings	27.5	104.9
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	-6.8	-11.4
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	20.7	93.5
Segment Assets
Assets	7,660.50		7,571
Operating Segments
Business Segment Information
Earnings before interest and taxes	200.3	241.5
Segment Assets
Assets	7,804.20		7,617
Operating Segments | Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia
Business Segment Information
Net sales	1,023	997.6
Earnings before business consolidation and other activities, and before interest and taxes	125	125.1
Business consolidation and other activities	-2.3	4.8
Earnings before interest and taxes	122.7	129.9
Segment Assets
Assets	3,555.80		3,422.80
Operating Segments | Metal beverage packaging, Europe
Business Segment Information
Net sales	379.2	450.2
Earnings before business consolidation and other activities, and before interest and taxes	28.9	55.5
Business consolidation and other activities	-2	-1.2
Earnings before interest and taxes	26.9	54.3
Segment Assets
Assets	2,216.90		2,274.50
Operating Segments | Metal food & household products packaging
Business Segment Information
Net sales	308.3	341.1
Earnings before business consolidation and other activities, and before interest and taxes	30.2	36.3
Business consolidation and other activities	-0.2	-3.1
Earnings before interest and taxes	30	33.2
Segment Assets
Assets	1,632.10		1,508.10
Operating Segments | Aerospace & technologies
Business Segment Information
Net sales	214.8	220.7
Earnings before business consolidation and other activities, and before interest and taxes	20	24.1
Business consolidation and other activities	0.7
Earnings before interest and taxes	20.7	24.1
Segment Assets
Assets	399.4		411.6
Corporate and intercompany eliminations
Business Segment Information
Net sales	-2.2	-2.8
Undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	-26.2	-23.6
Business consolidation and other activities	-48.2	-0.5
Total undistributed corporate expenses and intercompany eliminations, net	-74.4	-24.1
Segment Assets
Assets	($143.70)		($46)

Acquisitions_Details

Acquisitions (Details)

Mar. 31, 2015

Feb. 17, 2015

Feb. 17, 2015

Feb. 19, 2015

Feb. 17, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

8-May-15

8-May-15

Mar. 31, 2015

8-May-15

Feb. 19, 2015

Feb. 19, 2015

Feb. 19, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Interest rate swap agreements

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Sonoco

Unsecured Bridge Loan

Revolving Credit Facility

Term C Loan, euro denominated

USD ($)

USD ($)

GBP (£)

GBP (£)

GBP (£)

Currency exchange option and collar

Currency exchange option and collar

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate floor - Euribor

Minimum

Weighted Average [Member]

Maximum

USD ($)

GBP (£)

USD ($)

USD ($)

payment

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

USD ($)

EUR (€)

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

EUR (€)

GBP (£)

GBP (£)

GBP (£)

USD ($)

GBP (£)

USD ($)

Acquisitions

Cash paid per share of acquire stock

£ 4.07

Number of shares issued per share of acquire stock

0.04568

Share price

£ 6.1

Weighted average price period

90 days

90 days

Exchange rate of US dollar to pound

1.54

Equity value

6,600,000,000

4,300,000,000

Amount of break payment

43,000,000

129,000,000

302,000,000

Number of break payments

1

Maximum borrowing capacity of revolving credit facility

3,000,000,000

Debt redeemed

92,900,000

Face amount of debt

3,300,000,000

1,000,000,000

Notional amount of derivatives

158,000,000

3,100,000,000

2,100,000,000

25,000,000

950,000,000

75,000,000

750,000,000

Business acquired in cash

29,100,000

Contingent cash consideration

11,000,000

Contingent noncash consideration

$27,800,000

Business_Consolidation_and_Oth2

Business Consolidation and Other Activities (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	($52)
Summary of reserve activity by segment related to restructuring activities
Balance at the beginning of the period	6
(Gains) charges in earnings	1.4
Cash payments and other activity	-3.1
Balance at the end of the period	4.3
Assets held for sale in connection with facilities closures	11.7		11.7
Operating Segments | Metal Food and Household Products Packaging and Aerospace and Technologies
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for other insignificant activities	0.5
Operating Segments | Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	-2.3	4.8
Business reorganization activities in the company's metal beverage packaging, Asia, operations, and for ongoing costs	2.3
Compensation received for reimbursement of severance costs incurred in connection with facilities closure and relocation		5
Gain on sale of facilities		0.8
Charges related to facilities closure		1
Operating Segments | Metal beverage packaging, Europe
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	-2	-1.2
Business reorganization activities in the company's metal beverage packaging, Asia, operations, and for ongoing costs	0.7
Charge incurred in connection with headcount reductions, cost-out initiatives and relocation of the company's European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland	1.3
Tax expense related to relocation of the company's European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland	1.7
Summary of reserve activity by segment related to restructuring activities
Balance at the beginning of the period	0.9
(Gains) charges in earnings	1.2
Cash payments and other activity	-0.1
Balance at the end of the period	2
Operating Segments | Metal food & household products packaging
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	-0.2	-3.1
Charges related to facilities closure		2
Charges for other insignificant activities		1.1
Summary of reserve activity by segment related to restructuring activities
Balance at the beginning of the period	5.1
(Gains) charges in earnings	0.2
Cash payments and other activity	-3
Balance at the end of the period	2.3
Operating Segments | Metal Beverage Packaging, Europe, and Corporate
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for other insignificant activities		0.5
Charge incurred in connection with headcount reductions, cost-out initiatives and relocation of the company's European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland		1.2
Tax expense related to relocation of the company's European headquarters from Germany to Switzerland		2.1
Operating Segments | Aerospace & technologies
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	0.7
Corporate and Other Costs
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	-48.2	-0.5
Charges for other insignificant activities	0.3
Corporate and Other Costs | Rexam PLC
Business consolidation and other activities
Professional Services And Other Costs	20.2
Recognized losses of associated with its collar and option contracts	$27.70

Receivables_Details

Receivables (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Receivables
Trade accounts receivable	$907.40	$800
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	-6.2	-7
Net trade accounts receivable	901.2	793
Other receivables	142.5	164.1
Receivables, net	1,043.70	957.1
Maximum available sale of the accounts receivables under factoring program	396
Amount of sale of receivables	$216.50	$197.60

Inventories_Details

Inventories (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Inventories
Raw materials and supplies	$439.80	$479.20
Work-in-process and finished goods	633.5	579.2
Less inventory reserves	-40.1	-41.7
Inventories, net	$1,033.20	$1,016.70

Property_Plant_and_Equipment_D

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$5,014.60		$5,033.20
Accumulated depreciation	-2,591		-2,602.50
Net property, plant and equipment	2,423.60		2,430.70
Depreciation expense	58.9	59.1
Land
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment, gross	63.9		64.6
Buildings
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment, gross	967.5		973.4
Machinery and equipment
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment, gross	3,623.60		3,612.50
Construction-in-progress
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$359.60		$382.70

Goodwill_Details

Goodwill (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period	$2,254.50
Effects of currency exchange rates	-116.1
Balance at the end of the period	2,177.80
Metal beverage packaging, Americas and Asia
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period		739.5
Balance at the end of the period	739.5	739.5
Metal beverage packaging, Europe
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period	913.9
Effects of currency exchange rates	-99.5
Balance at the end of the period	814.4
Metal food & household products packaging
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period	592.5
Business acquisition	39.4
Effects of currency exchange rates	-16.6
Balance at the end of the period	615.3
Aerospace & technologies
Goodwill
Balance at the beginning of the period		8.6
Balance at the end of the period	$8.60	$8.60

Intangibles_and_Other_Assets_D

Intangibles and Other Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Intangibles and Other Assets
Investments in affiliates	$31.30		$33.20
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization)	134		137.1
Accumulated amortization	118.1		115.2
Capitalized software (net of accumulated amortization)	69.2		62.6
Accumulated amortization	105.8		103.8
Company and trust-owned life insurance	146.5		168.1
Deferred financing costs	56.2		36.3
Long-term deferred tax assets	70.6		66.5
Other	83.4		68.5
Intangibles and Other Assets	591.2		572.3
Amortization expense of intangible assets	$9.40	$9.70

Debt_Details

Debt (Details)

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Mar. 21, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 21, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Feb. 28, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

USD ($)

USD ($)

Revolving Credit Facility and Bridge Loan

Revolving Credit Facility and Term C Loan

6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020

6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020

6.75% Senior Notes, due September 2020

5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021

5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021

5.75% Senior Notes, due May 2021

5.75% Senior Notes, Due May 2021 And 6.75% Senior Notes, Due September 2020

5.00% Senior Notes, due March 2022

5.00% Senior Notes, due March 2022

4.00% Senior Notes, due November 2023

4.00% Senior Notes, due November 2023

Multi-currency revolver, U.S. dollar denominated

Term C Loan, euro denominated

Term C Loan, euro denominated

Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at various rates and terms), denominated in various currencies

Latapack-Ball Notes Payable (at various rates and terms), denominated in various currencies

Unsecured Bridge Loan

Revolving Credit Facility

Revolving Credit Facility

Revolving Credit Facility

Accounts receivable securitization agreement, current

Accounts receivable securitization agreement, current

Accounts receivable securitization agreement, current

Accounts receivable securitization agreement, current

Committed multi-currency revolving credit facilities

Short-term uncommitted credit facilities

Short-term uncommitted credit facilities

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

GBP (£)

USD ($)

Maximum

Minimum

USD ($)

USD ($)

Maximum

Minimum

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

LIBOR

LIBOR

USD ($)

USD ($)

Long-term debt

Amount of credit facility outstanding and due on demand

$55,000,000

$110,000,000

$227,200,000

$10,100,000

Interest rate (as a percent)

6.75%

6.75%

5.75%

5.75%

5.00%

5.00%

4.00%

4.00%

Redemption price of senior notes (as a percent)

103.38%

106.10%

Other (including discounts), denominated in various currencies

-9,900,000

1,700,000

Total long-term debt

3,214,600,000

3,048,800,000

500,000,000

500,000,000

750,000,000

750,000,000

1,000,000,000

1,000,000,000

1,275,000,000

92,900,000

92,900,000

199,500,000

204,200,000

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

-62,500,000

-55,000,000

Long-term debt excluding current maturities

3,152,100,000

2,993,800,000

Face amount of debt

3,300,000,000

1,000,000,000

Fees paid to lenders

27,800,000

Maximum borrowing capacity of revolving credit facility

3,000,000,000

140,000,000

90,000,000

Notes redeemed

92,900,000

Available borrowing capacity under line of credit facility

1,700,000,000

741,000,000

Spread (as a percent)

1.75%

1.25%

Redemption and refinancing charges

$1,700,000

$55,800,000

Leverage ratio, maximum

4

Employee_Benefit_Obligations_D

Employee Benefit Obligations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Obligations
Underfunded defined benefit pension liabilities	$688.20		$724.10
Less current portion and prepaid pension assets	-18.6		-19.4
Long-term defined benefit pension liability	669.6		704.7
Retiree medical and other postemployment benefits	168.8		169
Deferred compensation plans	265.3		272.2
Other	28.6		32.4
Employee benefit obligations	1,132.30		1,178.30
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Employee Benefit Obligations
Net periodic benefit cost for multi-employer plans	0.5	0.7
Total net periodic benefit cost	23.3	22.1
Ball-sponsored plans:
Service cost	16.7	14.9
Interest cost	19	22.1
Expected return on plan assets	-24.8	-24
Amortization of prior service cost	-0.4	-0.1
Recognized net actuarial loss	12.3	8.5
Net periodic benefit cost for Ball-sponsored plans	22.8	21.4
Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Funded plans
Ball-sponsored plans:
Contributions to pension plans			33.9
Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Unfunded German plans
Employee Benefit Obligations
Expected benefit payments to plan participants for the full year	18
Ball-sponsored plans:
Contributions to pension plans	4.6
U.S.
Employee Benefit Obligations
Net periodic benefit cost for multi-employer plans	0.5	0.7
Total net periodic benefit cost	17.5	14.4
Ball-sponsored plans:
Service cost	13	11.4
Interest cost	14.3	15.6
Expected return on plan assets	-19.8	-20.5
Amortization of prior service cost	-0.3
Recognized net actuarial loss	9.8	7.2
Net periodic benefit cost for Ball-sponsored plans	17	13.7
Foreign
Employee Benefit Obligations
Total net periodic benefit cost	5.8	7.7
Ball-sponsored plans:
Service cost	3.7	3.5
Interest cost	4.7	6.5
Expected return on plan assets	-5	-3.5
Amortization of prior service cost	-0.1	-0.1
Recognized net actuarial loss	2.5	1.3
Net periodic benefit cost for Ball-sponsored plans	$5.80	$7.70

Shareholders_Equity_and_Compre2

Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Balance at the beginning of the period	($522.10)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications	-128.4
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	8.4
Balance at the end of the period	-642.1
Foreign Currency Translation
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Balance at the beginning of the period	-18.4
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications	-138.6
Balance at the end of the period	-157
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Net of Tax)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Balance at the beginning of the period	-499.9
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications	11.6
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	7.5
Balance at the end of the period	-480.8
Effective Derivatives (Net of Tax)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Balance at the beginning of the period	-3.8
Other comprehensive earnings (loss) before reclassifications	-1.4
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	0.9
Balance at the end of the period	($4.30)

Shareholders_Equity_and_Compre3

Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Earnings (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Commodity contracts recorded in net sales	$1,923.10	$2,006.80
Commodity contracts and currency exchange contracts recorded in cost of sales	-1,797.20	-1,789.40
Interest rate contracts recorded in interest expense	-98.4	-73.3
Earnings before taxes	27.5	144.1
Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings	-0.5	-39.6
Net earnings	27.5	104.9
Effective Derivatives (Net of Tax) | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Earnings before taxes	-1.6	-7
Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings	0.7	0.9
Net earnings	-0.9	-6.1
Effective Derivatives (Net of Tax) | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) | Commodity contracts
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Commodity contracts recorded in net sales	-1.4	0.8
Effective Derivatives (Net of Tax) | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) | Commodity contract and currency exchange contracts
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Commodity contracts and currency exchange contracts recorded in cost of sales		-7.5
Effective Derivatives (Net of Tax) | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) | Interest rate swap agreements
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Interest rate contracts recorded in interest expense	-0.2	-0.3
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Net of Tax) | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Prior service income (cost)	0.4	0.1
Actuarial gains (losses)	-12.3	-8.5
Earnings before taxes	-11.9	-8.4
Tax benefit (expense) on amounts reclassified into earnings	4.4	3.1
Net earnings	($7.50)	($5.30)

StockBased_Compensation_Progra2

Stock-Based Compensation Programs (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
			installment
Stock option and SSARs
Stock-Based Compensation Programs
Number of equal installments commencing one year from the date of grant			4
Vesting period			1 year
Expiration period of options			10 years
Granted (in shares)	1,231,865
Weighted average fair value at grant date (in dollars per share)			$14.20	$9.81
Weighted average assumptions used in estimation of fair values of options
Expected dividend yield (as a percent)	0.79%	1.06%
Expected stock price volatility (as a percent)	22.11%	21.41%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	1.39%	1.65%
Expected life of options	5 years 10 months 6 days	5 years 6 months
PCEQs
Stock-Based Compensation Programs
Vesting period			3 years
Granted (in shares)	116,559	143,305
PCEQs | Minimum
Weighted average assumptions used in estimation of fair values of options
Vest range of participant's assigned award opportunity (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
PCEQs | Maximum
Weighted average assumptions used in estimation of fair values of options
Vest range of participant's assigned award opportunity (as a percent)	200.00%	200.00%

Earnings_and_Dividends_Per_Sha2

Earnings and Dividends Per Share (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings and Dividends Per Share
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	$20.70	$93.50
Basic weighted average common shares	137,086,000	140,405,000
Effect of dilutive securities (in shares)	3,990,000	3,653,000
Weighted average shares applicable to diluted earnings per share	141,076,000	144,058,000
Basic (in dollars per share)	$0.15	$0.67
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$0.15	$0.65
Number of outstanding options excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share	1,200,000	1,400,000
Dividends declared (in dollars per share)	$0.13	$0.13
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)	$0.13	$0.13

Financial_Instruments_and_Risk2

Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details)

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

8-May-15

8-May-15

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

8-May-15

In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

USD ($)

USD ($)

Commodity contracts

Commodity contracts

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate swap agreements

Interest rate swap agreements

Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Equity contracts

Interest rate floor - Euribor

USD ($)

Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments

USD ($)

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

USD ($)

Rexam PLC

Rexam PLC

USD ($)

Rexam PLC

approach

Cash Flow Hedging [Member]

USD ($)

EUR (€)

Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments

USD ($)

GBP (£)

item

EUR (€)

USD ($)

USD ($)

Financial Instruments and Risk Management

Number of methods through which entity manages commodity price risk in connection with market price fluctuations of aluminum ingot

2

Notional amount of derivatives

$304

$245

$158

$25

€ 950

$75

$703

$3,100

£ 2,100

€ 750

Period within which derivative will expire

3 years

5 years

5 years

2 years

Impact on derivative contracts included in accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax

1.7

-5.8

Net loss expected to be recognized in the consolidated statement of earnings during the next 12 months

2.7

6.4

Change in company's stock price (in dollars per share)

$1

Impact of change in the company's stock price on pretax earnings

1.3

Notional value of the swap (in shares)

1,000,000

Fair value of the swaps

0.5

Recognized losses of associated with its collar and option contracts

27.7

Aggregate fair value of derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position

29

12.4

Collateral amount posted for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position

$0

$0

Financial_Instruments_and_Risk3

Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	$26.70	$9.40
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	13.3	3.1
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	20.7	12.3
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	23.9	7.6
Discount factor	12 month LIBOR
Commodity contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	9.7	5.1
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	4.7	2.7
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	12.2	8.5
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	3.8	7.3
Foreign currency contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	16.5	4.3
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	8.4
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	8.1	2.9
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	19.4
Interest rate and other contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	0.5
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	0.2	0.4
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	0.4	0.9
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	0.7	0.3
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	9.2	4.6
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	4.2	2.6
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	17.6	9
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	3.6	7.1
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments | Commodity contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	8.1	3.8
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	4	2.2
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	9.6	6.9
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	3.1	6.8
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments | Foreign currency contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	1.1	0.8
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	7.6	1.6
Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments | Interest rate and other contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	0.2	0.4
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	0.4	0.5
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	0.5	0.3
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	17.5	4.8
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	9.1	0.5
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	3.1	3.3
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	20.3	0.5
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments | Commodity contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	1.6	1.3
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	0.7	0.5
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	2.6	1.6
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	0.7	0.5
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments | Foreign currency contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	15.4	3.5
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, assets	8.4
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities	0.5	1.3
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	19.4
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments | Interest rate and other contracts
Fair Value Measurements
Total current derivative contracts, assets	0.5
Total current derivative contracts, liabilities		0.4
Total noncurrent derivative contracts, liabilities	$0.20

Financial_Instruments_and_Risk4

Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
Cash Flow Hedge - Reclassified Amount from Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)	($1.60)	($7)
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives not Designated as Hedge Instruments	-38	-5.6
Amounts reclassified into earnings:
Commodity contracts	0.9	6.7
Interest rate contracts	0.2	0.3
Currency exchange contracts	0.5
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges:
Commodity contracts	4.2	-3.1
Interest rate contracts	-0.4	-0.3
Currency exchange contracts	-6.6	0.2
Foreign Currency and tax impacts	0.7	-1.2
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) for effective derivatives	-0.5	2.6
Commodity contracts
Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
Cash Flow Hedge - Reclassified Amount from Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)	-0.9	-6.7
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives not Designated as Hedge Instruments	0.5	0.2
Interest rate contracts
Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
Cash Flow Hedge - Reclassified Amount from Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)	-0.2	-0.3
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives not Designated as Hedge Instruments	-0.2
Foreign currency contracts
Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
Cash Flow Hedge - Reclassified Amount from Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)	-0.5
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives not Designated as Hedge Instruments	-40.7	-4.6
Equity contracts
Impact on Earnings from Derivative Instruments
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives not Designated as Hedge Instruments	$2.40	($1.20)

Contingencies_Details

Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 1992	Mar. 31, 2015	Nov. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014
	defendant		company	company
Environmental litigation with respect to Lowry Landfill site
Contingencies
Approximate number of other companies named in a lawsuit with respect to Lowry Landfill	38
Waste Management litigation
Contingencies
Response cost related to site, minimum before the company may be asked to make payments		$319
Period before projected completion of project when response cost is expected to exceed minimum amount		3 years
Estimated additional cleanup costs		10
Estimated additional site costs for the potentially responsible party (PRP) group		1
Environmental litigation with respect to Lower Duwamish site
Contingencies
Number of additional potentially responsible parties (PRPs)				20
Site cleanup costs				100
Number of companies whose data is reviewed upon			30
Period over which data is reviewed			3 years
Environmental litigation with respect to Lower Duwamish site | Minimum
Contingencies
Number of potentially responsible parties (PRPs)			50
Number of potentially responsible parties (PRP)whose data is under review			2
Forecast | Environmental litigation with respect to Lower Duwamish site
Contingencies
Expected future remediation costs				$342

Subsidiary_Guarantees_of_Debt_1

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Ownership interest in guarantor subsidiaries (as a percent)	100.00%
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Net sales	$1,923.10	$2,006.80
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	-1,560.90	-1,612.90
Depreciation and amortization	-68.3	-68.8
Selling, general and administrative	-116	-107.7
Business consolidation and other activities	-52
Total costs and expenses	-1,797.20	-1,789.40
Earnings before interest and taxes	125.9	217.4
Interest expense	-38.5	-40.2
Debt refinancing and other costs	-59.9	-33.1
Total interest expense	-98.4	-73.3
Earnings before taxes	27.5	144.1
Tax provision	-0.5	-39.6
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.5	0.4
Net earnings	27.5	104.9
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	-6.8	-11.4
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	20.7	93.5
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	-99.4	77.7
Ball Corporation
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)		-0.1
Depreciation and amortization	-1.3	-1.5
Selling, general and administrative	-23.9	-22.7
Business consolidation and other activities	-48.2	-0.6
Equity in results of subsidiaries	94.7	134.6
Intercompany	51.5	47.3
Total costs and expenses	72.8	157
Earnings before interest and taxes	72.8	157
Interest expense	-37.4	-38
Debt refinancing and other costs	-59.3	-33.1
Total interest expense	-96.7	-71.1
Earnings before taxes	-23.9	85.9
Tax provision	44.6	7.6
Net earnings	20.7	93.5
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	20.7	93.5
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	-99.4	77.7
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Net sales	1,144.50	1,171.80
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	-946.7	-972.1
Depreciation and amortization	-32.1	-30.8
Selling, general and administrative	-40.3	-43.5
Business consolidation and other activities	-0.2	-3.8
Equity in results of subsidiaries	39.8	81.5
Intercompany	-42.2	-43.1
Total costs and expenses	-1,021.70	-1,011.80
Earnings before interest and taxes	122.8	160
Interest expense	1.6	0.5
Total interest expense	1.6	0.5
Earnings before taxes	124.4	160.5
Tax provision	-31	-25.1
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.2	0.2
Net earnings	93.6	135.6
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	93.6	135.6
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	-27.5	119.3
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Net sales	789.1	837.8
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	-624.7	-643.5
Depreciation and amortization	-34.9	-36.5
Selling, general and administrative	-51.8	-41.5
Business consolidation and other activities	-3.6	4.4
Intercompany	-9.3	-4.2
Total costs and expenses	-724.3	-721.3
Earnings before interest and taxes	64.8	116.5
Interest expense	-2.7	-2.7
Debt refinancing and other costs	-0.6
Total interest expense	-3.3	-2.7
Earnings before taxes	61.5	113.8
Tax provision	-14.1	-22.1
Equity in results of affiliates, net of tax	0.3	0.2
Net earnings	47.7	91.9
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	-6.8	-11.4
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	40.9	80.5
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	-80.3	62.5
Eliminating Adjustments
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Net sales	-10.5	-2.8
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization)	10.5	2.8
Equity in results of subsidiaries	-134.5	-216.1
Total costs and expenses	-124	-213.3
Earnings before interest and taxes	-134.5	-216.1
Earnings before taxes	-134.5	-216.1
Net earnings	-134.5	-216.1
Net earnings attributable to Ball Corporation	-134.5	-216.1
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Ball Corporation	$107.80	($181.80)

Subsidiary_Guarantees_of_Debt_2

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt (Details 2) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$228.80	$191.40	$175.40	$416
Receivables, net	1,043.70	957.1
Inventories, net	1,033.20	1,016.70
Deferred taxes and other current assets	162.2	148.3
Total current assets	2,467.90	2,313.50
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,423.60	2,430.70
Goodwill	2,177.80	2,254.50
Intangibles and other assets, net	591.2	572.3
Total assets	7,660.50	7,571
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	344.7	175.1
Accounts payable	1,271.20	1,340
Accrued employee costs	180.1	269.9
Other current liabilities	243.3	221.8
Total current liabilities	2,039.30	2,006.80
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	3,152.10	2,993.80
Employee benefit obligations	1,132.30	1,178.30
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	183.4	152.5
Total liabilities	6,507.10	6,331.40
Common stock	1,149.80	1,131.30
Retained earnings	4,349.80	4,346.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-642.1	-522.1
Treasury stock, at cost	-3,916.80	-3,923
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	940.7	1,033.10
Noncontrolling interests	212.7	206.5
Total shareholders' equity	1,153.40	1,239.60
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	7,660.50	7,571
Ball Corporation
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0.3	1.5	0.6	218.6
Receivables, net	20.4	43.7
Intercompany receivables	179.4	94
Deferred taxes and other current assets	32.9	3.1
Total current assets	233	142.3
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	14.7	15.1
Investment in subsidiaries	3,129.90	3,152.70
Intangibles and other assets, net	251.7	232.4
Total assets	3,629.30	3,542.50
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	123.9	1.9
Accounts payable	23.6	7.1
Intercompany payables	98	99.7
Accrued employee costs	36.6	22.3
Other current liabilities	62.1	51.6
Total current liabilities	344.2	182.6
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	3,012.90	2,750
Employee benefit obligations	317.8	329.4
Intercompany Long Term Notes	-904.6	-646.4
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	-81.7	-106.2
Total liabilities	2,688.60	2,509.40
Common stock	1,149.80	1,131.30
Retained earnings	4,349.80	4,346.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-642.1	-522.1
Treasury stock, at cost	-3,916.80	-3,923
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	940.7	1,033.10
Total shareholders' equity	940.7	1,033.10
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	3,629.30	3,542.50
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
Receivables, net	257.5	241.3
Intercompany receivables	105.9	99.9
Inventories, net	620.5	575
Deferred taxes and other current assets	77.4	75.1
Total current assets	1,061.70	991.7
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	990.4	968
Investment in subsidiaries	2,127.20	2,212.20
Goodwill	970.4	931
Intangibles and other assets, net	102.2	93.5
Total assets	5,251.90	5,196.40
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	0.3	7.6
Accounts payable	703	732.5
Intercompany payables		1.5
Accrued employee costs	76.9	155.6
Other current liabilities	53.6	38
Total current liabilities	833.8	935.2
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	0.2	0.2
Employee benefit obligations	444.6	432.7
Intercompany Long Term Notes	608.3	463.1
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	166	138.7
Total liabilities	2,052.90	1,969.90
Common stock	2,293.50	2,293.50
Retained earnings	1,483	1,389.40
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-577.5	-456.4
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	3,199	3,226.50
Total shareholders' equity	3,199	3,226.50
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	5,251.90	5,196.40
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	228.1	189.5	174.4	197.1
Receivables, net	765.8	672.1
Intercompany receivables	1	4.3
Inventories, net	412.7	441.7
Deferred taxes and other current assets	51.9	70.1
Total current assets	1,459.50	1,377.70
Noncurrent assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,418.50	1,447.60
Investment in subsidiaries	78.6	78.6
Goodwill	1,207.40	1,323.50
Intangibles and other assets, net	237.3	246.4
Total assets	4,401.30	4,473.80
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	220.5	165.6
Accounts payable	544.6	600.4
Intercompany payables	187.9	97
Accrued employee costs	66.6	92
Other current liabilities	127.6	132.2
Total current liabilities	1,147.20	1,087.20
Noncurrent liabilities
Long-term debt	139	243.6
Employee benefit obligations	369.9	416.2
Intercompany Long Term Notes	296.6	183.3
Deferred taxes and other liabilities	99.1	120
Total liabilities	2,051.80	2,050.30
Common stock	534	534
Preferred stock	4.8	4.8
Retained earnings	1,880.80	1,839.90
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	-282.8	-161.7
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	2,136.80	2,217
Noncontrolling interests	212.7	206.5
Total shareholders' equity	2,349.50	2,423.50
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	4,401.30	4,473.80
Eliminating Adjustments
Current assets
Intercompany receivables	-286.3	-198.2
Total current assets	-286.3	-198.2
Noncurrent assets
Investment in subsidiaries	-5,335.70	-5,443.50
Total assets	-5,622	-5,641.70
Current liabilities
Intercompany payables	-285.9	-198.2
Total current liabilities	-285.9	-198.2
Noncurrent liabilities
Intercompany Long Term Notes	-0.3
Total liabilities	-286.2	-198.2
Common stock	-2,827.50	-2,827.50
Preferred stock	-4.8	-4.8
Retained earnings	-3,363.80	-3,229.30
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	860.3	618.1
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	-5,335.80	-5,443.50
Total shareholders' equity	-5,335.80	-5,443.50
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	($5,622)	($5,641.70)

Subsidiary_Guarantees_of_Debt_3

Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt (Details 3) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	($180.50)	($136.20)
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	-105.5	-61.4
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	-29.1
Other, net	14.1	6.3
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-120.5	-55.1
Cash flows from financing activities
Long-term borrowings	1,275	375.1
Repayments of long-term borrowings	-1,087.80	-513.4
Net change in short-term borrowings	171.1	299.5
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.2	9.3
Acquisitions of treasury stock	-3.2	-202.8
Common dividends	-18.2	-18.6
Other, net	-18.7	5.8
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	327.4	-45.1
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	11	-4.2
Change in cash and cash equivalents	37.4	-240.6
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	191.4	416
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	228.8	175.4
Ball Corporation
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-25.9	-50.3
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	-2	-1.1
Other, net	9.6	0.1
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	7.6	-1
Cash flows from financing activities
Long-term borrowings	1,275	375
Repayments of long-term borrowings	-1,000.10	-415.4
Net change in short-term borrowings	121.3	60
Proceeds from issuances of common stock	9.2	9.3
Acquisitions of treasury stock	-3.2	-202.8
Common dividends	-18.2	-18.6
Intercompany	-345.1	23.8
Other, net	-18.7	5.8
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	20.2	-162.9
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	-3.1	-3.8
Change in cash and cash equivalents	-1.2	-218
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	1.5	218.6
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	0.3	0.6
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-61.9	-126.5
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	-43.7	-23.6
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	-29.1
Other, net	4.4	-0.4
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-68.4	-24
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayments of long-term borrowings		-0.2
Net change in short-term borrowings	-7.3	0.2
Intercompany	137.6	150.6
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	130.3	150.6
Change in cash and cash equivalents		0.1
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	0.4	0.3
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	0.4	0.4
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-92.7	40.6
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	-59.8	-36.7
Other, net	0.1	6.6
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-59.7	-30.1
Cash flows from financing activities
Long-term borrowings		0.1
Repayments of long-term borrowings	-87.7	-97.8
Net change in short-term borrowings	57.1	239.3
Intercompany	207.5	-174.4
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities	176.9	-32.8
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	14.1	-0.4
Change in cash and cash equivalents	38.6	-22.7
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period	189.5	197.1
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$228.10	$174.40