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:tomatoes:Hope he catches the caveat/small print re: his required "6 mos internship in the Ball Canning Jar factory...Lead Tomato Squeezer!"
 
BankShot said:
:tomatoes:Hope he catches the caveat/small print re: his required "6 mos internship in the Ball Canning Jar factory...Lead Tomato Squeezer!"
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The only thing Ball manufactures in Muncie now is the lid for the jars, that are made by a number of different companies. Ball moved their headquarters to Colorado about fifteen years ago.
 
SycamoreFan317 said:
The only thing Ball manufactures in Muncie now is the lid for the jars, that are made by a number of different companies. Ball moved their headquarters to Colorado about fifteen years ago.
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I have a family member that works for Jarden (ball jar). The jar, lids, and bands for the lids are all made in Muncie.
 
xfactor9600 said:
I have a family member that works for Jarden (ball jar). The jar, lids, and bands for the lids are all made in Muncie.
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This straight off of the Ball Corporation website. On the timeline check out 1996,
Our History
From Wood-Jacketed Tins To AerospaceThe Ball Family
Five brothers founded Ball in 1880, with a loan of $200 from their Uncle George. At first they made wood-jacketed tin cans for products like paint and kerosene, but soon they expanded their offerings to glass- and tin-jacketed containers. In 1884 the brothers began making glass home-canning jars, the product that established Ball as a household name. The brothers—Edmund, Frank, George, Lucius and William—moved the company from Buffalo, New York, to Muncie, Indiana, in 1887, to take advantage of abundant natural gas reserves essential to making glass.

Ball grew rapidly in the ensuing decade, and has been in more than 45 businesses since its founding. Ball no longer manufactures the ubiquitous canning jars, but we’ve expanded and grown into a worldwide metal packaging company that makes billions of recyclable metal containers and a unique aerospace business that designs one-of-a-kind solutions to answer scientific and technical challenges. We manufacture on four continents and we’re based in Broomfield, Colorado. For a more detailed journey through Ball’s successes, check our timeline.

http://www.ball.com/timeline/


http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/ball-bros-glass-company/
 
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SycamoreFan317 said:
This straight off of the Ball Corporation website. On the timeline check out 1996,
Our History
From Wood-Jacketed Tins To AerospaceThe Ball Family
Five brothers founded Ball in 1880, with a loan of $200 from their Uncle George. At first they made wood-jacketed tin cans for products like paint and kerosene, but soon they expanded their offerings to glass- and tin-jacketed containers. In 1884 the brothers began making glass home-canning jars, the product that established Ball as a household name. The brothers—Edmund, Frank, George, Lucius and William—moved the company from Buffalo, New York, to Muncie, Indiana, in 1887, to take advantage of abundant natural gas reserves essential to making glass.

Ball grew rapidly in the ensuing decade, and has been in more than 45 businesses since its founding. Ball no longer manufactures the ubiquitous canning jars, but we’ve expanded and grown into a worldwide metal packaging company that makes billions of recyclable metal containers and a unique aerospace business that designs one-of-a-kind solutions to answer scientific and technical challenges. We manufacture on four continents and we’re based in Broomfield, Colorado. For a more detailed journey through Ball’s successes, check our timeline.

http://www.ball.com/timeline/


http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/ball-bros-glass-company/
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Ill double check if you're really interested. I suspect the rub is that Jarden makes the jars in Muncie under a license from the ball family.
 
Is there actually ANY association (fiscal or otherwise) between Ball State University & the Ball Corporation now?
 
The place was not packed if you saw the entire video, but they did have the students all seated together, maybe freshmen in white and returning students in the red. What it has done, though, is given BSU tremendous FREE publicity.
 
SycamoreFan317 said:
Bank, I did a quick scan of the Ball Corporations 10K report for 2012 and did not find Ball State University mentioned at all. In fact, the only property listed in Indiana is a plant in Monticello.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=115234&p=irol-reportsAnnual
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Someone in Muncie needs to campaign the State of Indiana for a university NAME CHANGE if they're not receiving any type of fiscal support from the Ball Family...wonder what the estimated yearly advertising value might be for Ball Corporation?
 

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BankShot said:
Someone in Muncie needs to campaign the State of Indiana for a university NAME CHANGE if they're not receiving any type of fiscal support from the Ball Family...wonder what the estimated yearly advertising value might be for Ball Corporation?
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Ok if you want that to happen, we better also change the name of Hulman Center, Hulman Memorial Student Union, etc.
 
BankShot said:
Someone in Muncie needs to campaign the State of Indiana for a university NAME CHANGE if they're not receiving any type of fiscal support from the Ball Family...wonder what the estimated yearly advertising value might be for Ball Corporation?
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Does Ball State get money from the Ball Brothers Foundation though? Yes.
 
$6m+ in Grants - 2012

I need to go back and remove my suggestion of removing "Ball" from Ball State...they're truly a "corporate neighbor."

Someone needs to steal the "gratitude" formula they're taking, and pass it to Terre Haute!

$2.8m to Minnetrista? Is this a big deal around Muncie?

http://www.minnetrista.net/
 
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BankShot said:
I need to go back and remove my suggestion of removing "Ball" from Ball State...they're truly a "corporate neighbor."

Someone needs steal the "gratitude" formula they're taking, and pass it to Terre Haute!

$2.8m to Minnetrista? Is this a big deal around Muncie?

http://www.minnetrista.net/
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Yes, they do many community programs and host events for the City. The Farmer's Market on Saturdays is a big draw. Minnetrista is also home to some of the former Ball Brothers Mansions, which require upkeep I imagine.

I don't personally have a stake in Ball State. I work merely work in Muncie. I do have family and friends that work for Ball Brothers, Jarden, and other related Ball entities. The Ball family does a great deal of good for the City of Muncie and the University. I know that Ball State was part of ISU at some point in the past. But I can honestly say I don't see any of the vitriol for ISU here in Muncie that apparently ISU fans have for Ball State?
 
BankShot said:
I need to go back and remove my suggestion of removing "Ball" from Ball State...they're truly a "corporate neighbor."

Someone needs to steal the "gratitude" formula they're taking, and pass it to Terre Haute!

$2.8m to Minnetrista? Is this a big deal around Muncie?

Yes, it is. Ball brothers started Minnetrista.
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