Complete greenfield manufacturing project in the U.K
Not delivered by the deadline
AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.
- Announced
- 27 Jan 2022
- Due
- 31 Dec 2022
- Checked
- 18 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“greenfield projects in the U.K., Russia and Czech Republic during 2022”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company did not complete the U.K. greenfield project in 2022; production at the new Kettering, U.K. facility began in 2023.
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A Ball Corporation 8-K filed 2023-02-02
“In advance of Kettering and Pilsen ramping up production in late first quarter and early second quarter 2023, respectively” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A Ball Corporation 10-K filed 2024-02-20
“During 2023, the company began production at its new aluminum beverage can manufacturing facilities in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and Kettering, U.K.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -2.4% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (16 Feb 2024 to 22 Feb 2024). 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
- Construction
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Complete
- Deliverable
- Greenfield manufacturing project
- Where
- U.K.
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- Medium
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: disagreesClaude (Anthropic) re-read the evidence blind and read it as “Late”.
- Tie-breakA stronger model read the evidence and both earlier answers, without knowing which was recorded, and agrees with the second check.
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