Open two new can manufacturing facilities in Arizona and the northeastern U.S
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 6 Aug 2020
- Due
- 30 Jun 2021
- Delivered
- Q2 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“two new can manufacturing facilities in Arizona and the northeastern U.S. will be operational by mid-2021.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Ball Corporation successfully opened its new beverage can manufacturing facilities in Glendale, Arizona, and Pittston, Pennsylvania, during the second quarter of 2021, meeting the mid-2021 deadline.
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A Ball Corporation 8-K filed 2021-08-05
“The company’s new Glendale, Arizona, facility successfully started up its second and third lines during the quarter, and the new Pittston, Pennsylvania, facility started up initial beverage can production on two lines late in the second quarter.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +9.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (4 Aug 2021 to 9 Aug 2021). What this measures
Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Facility other
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Open
- Deliverable
- two new can manufacturing facilities
- Where
- Arizona and the northeastern U.S.
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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