They don’t even do aerospace anymore. Ball Aerospace & Technologies was bought by BAE Systems earlier this year.
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ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The weird thing is, they don’t actually sell the jars anymore. “Ball jars” are not made by the ball jar corporation after their antitrust lawsuits for being a fucking jar monopoly. So they sold the “ball jar” rights and now only do aluminum cans for food packaging and high end satellites and satellite launch systems.
metostopholes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wogi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well then what would you say you do here
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Let me tell you. bob.
TheBat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
BAE caught them slipping, huh?
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
On December 11, 1939, the U.S. Government sued the Ball Brothers, the Hazel-Atlas Glass Co., and the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. under monopoly charges based on the Hartford-Empire and Owens licensing agreements. The plaintiff claimed that small producers were being frozen out of business or prohibited from entering manufacture by the nature of the licenses. Almost a decade later, in 1947, the justices rendered a final verdict. The court prohibited the Ball Brothers from purchasing or otherwise controlling any other businesses engaged in the same manufacturing processes – in other words, the small jar producers. In addition, Ball had to divest itself of the Three Rivers Glass Co. (already closed for almost a decade) that Ball had acquired in 1936. Ball sold the property
affiliate@lemmy.world 3 months ago
oh thats good to know. i’ve got a few satellites lying around that i’ve been meaning to launch
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They really had that industry….by the Balls.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Maybe at a lemon party.
Teal@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I wasn’t aware of the jar monopoly situation. Maybe my old Balls will become collectible someday.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Came here to say this.
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 3 months ago
why is the government beefing with mason jar companies and not multi-billionaires
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
So, at the time (1930) ball jar actually would have qualified as big business in the sense that you mean.
Home canning was very popular and they consistently bought out smaller companies.
Since they were privately owned, it’s tricky to find specifics about value, but they were “found a university”, “own a company town or two”, “chairman of the federal reserve” levels of rich.So actually a pretty good use of government.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I find this interpretation funny
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Aluminum cylinders only.
Not aluminum? Not interested. Not a cylinder? Not a chance.
Squared off glass cylinder? Legally prohibited.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
Transparent aluminum? Believe it or not, jail.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Galaxy watch 5 users start to worry.
Pantrygheist@programming.dev 3 months ago
Most advanced cans in the airspace industry
Hupf@feddit.org 3 months ago
Well they don’t produce can’ts
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
those 🕘 sweet 🕞sweet🕞 cans🕓
And009@reddthat.com 3 months ago
No monopoly lawsuits in space
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
The year is 3506. The Deimos Corporation has expanded into Phobos, Luna, and all the other moons of the solar system.
It’s… A moonopoly.