Company: Ball Corp.
Location: DeForest
What they do: Ball Corp., a multinational company more than a century old, operates a metal container facility in the Madison suburb of DeForest.
How they’re growing: Ball is investing $18 million to expand and equip its existing 400,000-square-foot facility in DeForest that will enable the company to install a new product line for extruded aluminum aerosol cans.
What they’re saying: “Our DeForest plant, which became part of Ball in 1993, is home to a very talented group of employees and is ideally located for serving customers throughout the Midwest, so Wisconsin is the perfect location for this expansion.” – Michael Feldser, chief operating officer, global metal food and household products packaging for Ball Corp.

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