Ball Corporation, originally
Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, is an
American company famous for producing glass
canning jars. Founded in 1880, it is currently headquartered in
Broomfield, Colorado. The company has expanded into other areas such as
avionics, space systems, metal beverage and food containers and aluminum aerosol containers. Ball is the largest producer of recyclable beverage cans in the world. The company exited the home canning business in 1993 by spinning it off into a separate company, Alltrista (since renamed
Jarden).