William C. Ball

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William C. Ball was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Ball Corporation, a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American businessperson
businessperson
corporation
packaging company
associatedWith Ball Corporation glass jar production
Ball brand Mason jars
businessPartner Ball Corporation co-founders
coFounderOf Ball Corporation NERFINISHED
contributedTo expansion of industrial glass container production
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin United States of America
employer Ball Corporation NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork glass container manufacturing
manufacturing
packaging industry
foundedBy William C. Ball NERFINISHED
hasBrand Ball NERFINISHED
hasBusinessActivity manufacture of glass jars
production of packaging products
hasLegacy Ball brand as a leading name in glass jars
hasRole corporate founder
industry glass manufacturing
metal and glass containers
packaging
packaging
influenced growth of the American home-canning market
knownFor co-founding Ball Corporation
production of glass canning jars
notableFor helping build a major American packaging company
notableWork Development of Ball glass jar business
occupation businessman
productOrService glass jars
packaging products
workLocation United States of America

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Ball foundedBy William C. Ball
subject surface form: Ball Corporation