Exhibit 21.1
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                              SUBSIDIARY LIST (1)
                       Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries

The  following  is a list  of  subsidiaries  of  Ball  Corporation  (an  Indiana
Corporation)  which are included in the financial  statements on a  consolidated
basis:(2)



                                                                   State or Country of
                Name                                          Incorporation or Organization
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Ball Brothers AG                                                  Switzerland
Ball-Canada Holdings Inc.                                         Ontario, Canada
Ball Efratom Elektronik GmbH (3)                                  Federal Republic of Germany
Efratom Holding, Inc.                                             Colorado
Efratom Time and Frequency Products, Inc. (3)                     Colorado
Ball Foreign Sales Corporation                                    Barbados
Ball Glass Container Corporation                                  Delaware
Ball Metal Container Corporation                                  Indiana
Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc.                              Canada
Ball Systems Technology Limited                                   United Kingdom
Ball Technology Licensing Corporation                             Indiana
Ball Technology Services Corporation                              California
CCD, Inc.                                                         Delaware
Earthwatch, Incorporated                                          Colorado
Heekin Can, Inc.                                                  Delaware
Madera Glass Company                                              California
Muncie & Western Railroad Company                                 Indiana


The  following  is a list of  affiliates  of Ball  Corporation  included  in the
financial statements on the equity basis of accounting:



                                                           Percentage                    State or Country
                Name                                      Ownership(4)                   of Incorporation
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Ball Packaging Products Holdings, Inc.                         50                 Ontario, Canada
FTB Packaging Limited                                          72                 Hong Kong
Guangzhou M.C. Packaging, Ltd.                                 10                 Peoples Republic of China
MCP-Ball International Limited                                 40                 Hong Kong
Phoenix Packaging, Inc.                                        25                 Ohio
FTB Tooling and Engineering Limited                            72                 Hong Kong
Richford Properties Limited                                    72                 Hong Kong
Xian Kunlun FTB Packaging Limited                              72                 Hong Kong
Zhuhal FTB Packaging Limited                                   24                 Hong Kong
Sanshui Jianlibao FTB Company Limited                          25                 Hong Kong
Jianlibao FTB Beverage and Can Manufacturer
     (Shanghai) Limited                                        29                 Hong Kong

<FN>
(1)   In  accordance  with  Regulation  S-K, Item  601(b)(22)(ii),  the names of
      certain  subsidiaries  have been omitted  from the  foregoing  lists.  The
      unnamed subsidiaries,  considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary,
      would not  constitute a significant  subsidiary,  as defined in Regulation
      S-X, Rule 1-02(v).

(2)   Each of the  consolidated  subsidiaries  listed is directly or  indirectly
      wholly-owned by the Registrant,  except Madera Glass Company, in which the
      Registrant indirectly owns 51 percent of the voting share capital.

(3)   These companies were sold on March 17, 1995.

(4)   Represents  the  Registrant's  direct and/or indirect ownership in each of
      the subsidiaries' voting share capital.
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