# Who does Ball Corporation pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/ball · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-10-12T20:24:07.419404+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Ball Corporation discloses no named confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties; 2 relationships are tracked as undisclosed/aggregate. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-10-12).

### 알루미늄·기타 원재료 공급망 (high)
- metric: Amount 6,257 USD_million · H1 2026 · Ball cost of sales excluding depreciation and amortization
- note: Cost of sales was $6.257 billion, or 82% of sales, in H1 2026. Of the year-over-year increase, $871 million came from higher raw-material costs driven by aluminum prices and volume.
- [confirms] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EN, filing, published 2026-08-04) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000110465926090226/ball-20260630x10q.htm: "Ball reported H1 2026 cost of sales of $6.257 billion and a $871 million year-over-year increase in raw-material costs."

### Benepack 유럽 음료캔 사업 (high)
- metric: Market share 80 percent · as of January 2026 · Ball ownership of Benepack's European beverage-can business
- note: Ball acquired an 80% interest in Benepack's Belgian and Hungarian beverage-can plants in January 2026. ORG Technology retained 20%, and the business was added to the EMEA segment.
- [confirms] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EN, filing, published 2026-08-04) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9389/000110465926090226/ball-20260630x10q.htm: "Ball disclosed that it acquired an 80% capital share of Benepack's European beverage-can business in January 2026, with ORG retaining 20%."

### Novelis (high)
- note: Novelis signed a long-term agreement to supply aluminum beverage-can sheet to Ball's North American can plants. The value is undisclosed; the agreement covers Bay Minette capacity and closed-loop recycling.
- [confirms] Hindalco Industries Limited (EN, filing, published 2023-09-11) https://www.hindalco.com/Upload/PDF/novelis-long-term-agreement-supply-aluminum-beverage-sheet-ball-corpo.pdf: "Novelis disclosed a long-term anchor-customer contract signed in early 2023 to supply aluminum sheet to Ball can-making plants in North America."

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