Start up multiple new Brazilian production lines
Delivered after the deadline
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- Announced
- 6 Aug 2020
- Due
- 30 Jun 2021
- Delivered
- by 31 Dec 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“In mid-2021, multiple new Brazilian production lines will come on line to support anticipated growth across the region.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company stated in August 2021 that the Frutal, Brazil facility was on schedule for the second half of 2021, and later confirmed it began production in 2021, missing the mid-year deadline.
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A Ball Corporation 8-K filed 2021-08-05
“The previously announced multi-line facility in Frutal, Brazil, is on schedule to begin production in the second half of 2021.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Ball Corporation 10-K filed 2022-02-16
“the previously announced multi-line facility in Frutal, Brazil, recently began production in 2021” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +1.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (15 Feb 2022 to 18 Feb 2022). 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
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Start
- Deliverable
- multiple new Brazilian production lines
- Where
- Brazil
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- 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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