date:Jul 28, 2012
Balls Q2 sales fell slightly year-over-year to $2.296bn ($2.309bn: Q2 2011), with net profit down from $143.1m to $139.5m.
Americas Asia beverage packaging EBIT rose from $136.8m in Q2 ($126.1m: Q2 2011), with Ball citing higher demand for specialty packaging (such as its Alumi-Tek bottle) partially offsetting weaker demand for standard 12oz (354ml) cans in North America.
Volumes in China and Brazil also underpinned the uplift in this division, with both markets up low-double digits in H1 201