BALL · 10-Q · 2026Q2 · Full report

Manufacturing and Capacity

BALL Corp · 2026-08-04 · Importance 26 · Surprise 24

Ball’s manufacturing footprint includes best-in-class aluminum packaging facilities serving its global beverage packaging operations. In North and Central America, higher operating costs and plant start-up costs reduced second-quarter comparable operating earnings by $44 million and offset the benefit from higher volume and price/mix. EMEA comparable operating earnings also absorbed higher costs of $79 million in the first six months, while South America incurred $24 million of higher costs. The company is pursuing operational-excellence initiatives intended to reduce fixed and variable costs, indicating a focus on improving plant productivity and start-up execution.

Key facts

• Benepack business includes two manufacturing facilities, one in Belgium and one in Hungary. source
• As of first quarter of 2026, manufacturing facilities in the beverage packaging, other non-reportable segment were included in the beverage packaging, EMEA segment and prior period segment results were retrospectively recast. source