WESTMINSTER, Colo. and
LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball
Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today announced that it will become a
Proud Sustainability Partner of the Los Angeles Chargers. The
partnership will include community engagement, increased use of
aluminum beverage packaging, and game day activations to improve
recycling processes and education.
The partnership, which features both organizations' commitment
to advancing sustainability in sports and entertainment, builds on
Ball's position as the official Infinitely Recyclable Aluminum
Packaging Partner of SoFi Stadium. SoFi Stadium will feature the
company's infinitely recyclable Ball Aluminum Cup™ for draft
beer and cocktails. The Chargers will use the cups at team training
facilities, camps and on game days. Additionally, the partnership
will allow the organizations to create local sustainability
awareness events, targeted community recycling improvements and
educational programming.
"We are excited to partner with the Los Angeles Chargers around
our shared commitment to advancing sustainability in sports and
entertainment," said Ball Corporation Chairman and CEO
John Hayes. "This partnership is
an opportunity to implement real-world solutions to the packaging
waste crisis by increasing use of infinitely recyclable aluminum
cans, cups and bottles and making recycling easy for teams and
fans. We look forward to working with the Los Angeles Chargers to
make an impact at SoFi Stadium and within the broader Los Angeles community."
"The Chargers have a long history of both advocating for and
implementing recycling programs that not only address the nation's
long standing packaging waste crisis, but also aim to modify
behavior in an effort to help preserve our planet for future
generations," said Los Angeles Chargers
President of Business Operation A.G. Spanos. "We
couldn't be more pleased to partner with Ball Corporation, an
industry leader and innovator with a shared vision as it pertains
to sustainability, to create local awareness, encourage even
greater recycling in the community and provide the newest
innovations in aluminum packaging to our fans at all
Chargers events."
Ball, a leader in cutting-edge aluminum beverage packaging, as
well as climate monitoring and weather forecasting technologies
through the Ball Aerospace business, has made
sustainability foundational to its business, operations and
products. This partnership builds on Ball's success in developing
and piloting the lightweight Ball Aluminum Cup™ in sports
and entertainment venues. The cup, a direct response to growing
consumer preference for more sustainable products, debuted in 2019
at the former Pepsi Center, now Ball Arena. It is also available at
the University of Colorado Boulder's Folsom Field,
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas,
select restaurant properties and retailers, and for purchase on
Amazon.
Throughout the life of the partnership, Ball and the Los Angeles
Chargers will develop and implement fan-facing activities in and
around SoFi Stadium and focus on educational and recycling
infrastructure programs for the surrounding local community to
celebrate and encourage aluminum recycling – an everyday
sustainable choice for consumers and a cornerstone of making a
circular economy a reality.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies
innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage,
personal care and household products customers, as well as
aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the
U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
21,500 people worldwide and reported 2020 net sales of $11.8
billion. For more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect
with us on Facebook or Twitter.
About Los Angeles Chargers
Now in their 63rd season,
the Chargers continue to stretch the imagination and put on the
most exciting show in football. Behind the dramatic games,
unforgettable highlights, beloved players, groundbreaking
performances, idyllic Southern
California setting and best uniforms in the NFL lies an
uncompromising drive for success – one rooted in toughness,
resilience and good old-fashioned hard work. A charter member of
the American Football League, the franchise was established in
Los Angeles in 1960 and called the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum home during its first year of
existence. From 1961 to 2016, the team played in San Diego and advanced to five of the first
six AFL Championship games ever played. The Chargers claimed the
1963 AFL title and later joined the National Football League when
the two leagues merged in 1970. Since the merger, the Chargers have
gone on to appear in Super Bowl XXIX and have captured an
additional 10 division titles. The Chargers were purchased by
construction leader, philanthropist and real estate developer
Alex G. Spanos in 1984 and have been
under the guidance of Spanos' eldest son Dean, the team's current
Chairman of the Board, since 1994. Dean Spanos' sons – A.G. Spanos, President of
Business Operations, and John
Spanos, President of Football Operations – oversee the
day-to-day operations of the franchise. The Chargers returned to
Los Angeles in 2017, began playing
games in their new multi-billion-dollar SoFi Stadium home in 2020
and continue to redefine what an NFL franchise looks like in the
21st century. For more information, call 1-877-CHARGERS or visit
http://www.chargers.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
"forward-looking" statements concerning future events and financial
performance. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "estimates,"
"believes," and similar expressions typically identify
forward-looking statements, which are generally any statements
other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based
on current expectations or views of the future and are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events
to differ materially from those expressed or implied. You should
therefore not place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements and any such statements should be read in conjunction
with, and qualified in their entirety by, the cautionary statements
referenced below. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Key factors,
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to be different are summarized in filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99 in our
Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at www.sec.gov.
Additional factors that might affect: a) our packaging segments
include product capacity, supply, and demand constraints and
fluctuations and changes in consumption patterns; availability/cost
of raw materials, equipment, and logistics; competitive packaging,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; footprint
adjustments and other manufacturing changes, including the startup
of new facilities and lines; failure to achieve synergies,
productivity improvements or cost reductions; unfavorable mandatory
deposit or packaging laws; customer and supplier consolidation;
power and supply chain interruptions; changes in major customer or
supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or supplier;
political instability and sanctions; currency controls; changes in
foreign exchange or tax rates; and tariffs, trade actions, or other
governmental actions, including business restrictions and
shelter-in-place orders in any country or jurisdiction affecting
goods produced by us or in our supply chain, including imported raw
materials; b) our aerospace segment include funding, authorization,
availability and returns of government and commercial contracts;
and delays, extensions and technical uncertainties affecting
segment contracts; c) the Company as a whole include those listed
above plus: the extent to which sustainability-related
opportunities arise and can be capitalized upon; changes in senior
management, succession, and the ability to attract and retain
skilled labor; regulatory action or issues including tax,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions or public concerns affecting products filled in our
containers, or chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in
the manufacturing process; technological developments and
innovations; the ability to manage cyber threats; litigation;
strikes; disease; pandemic; labor cost changes; rates of return on
assets of the Company's defined benefit retirement plans; pension
changes; uncertainties surrounding geopolitical events and
governmental policies both in the U.S. and in other countries,
including policies, orders, and actions related to COVID-19;
reduced cash flow; interest rates affecting our debt; and
successful or unsuccessful joint ventures, acquisitions and
divestitures, and their effects on our operating results and
business generally.
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