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.
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.
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
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.
They don’t even do aerospace anymore. Ball Aerospace & Technologies was bought by BAE Systems earlier this year.
BAE caught them slipping, huh?
Well then what would you say you do here
Let me tell you. bob.
I find this interpretation funny
Most advanced cans in the airspace industry
Well they don’t produce can’ts
No monopoly lawsuits in space
The year is 3506. The Deimos Corporation has expanded into Phobos, Luna, and all the other moons of the solar system.
Making it… A moonopoly.
those 🕘 sweet 🕞sweet🕞 cans🕓
Aluminum cylinders only.
Not aluminum? Not interested. Not a cylinder? Not a chance.
Squared off glass cylinder? Legally prohibited.
Transparent aluminum? Believe it or not, jail.
Galaxy watch 5 users start to worry.
Came here to say this.
oh thats good to know. i’ve got a few satellites lying around that i’ve been meaning to launch
why is the government beefing with mason jar companies and not multi-billionaires
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.
They really had that industry….by the Balls.
I wasn’t aware of the jar monopoly situation. Maybe my old Balls will become collectible someday.