Subsidiary Guarantees of Debt (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 168.2	$ 174.1	$ 181.2	$ 165.8
Receivables, net	1,087.5	930.1
Inventories, net	980.3	1,044.4
Other current assets	189.4	190.8
Total current assets	2,425.4	2,339.4
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,360.1	2,288.6
Goodwill	2,379.8	2,359.4
Intangibles and other assets, net	543.9	519.7
Total assets	7,709.2	7,507.1
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	104.5	219.8
Accounts payable	998.8	946.9
Accrued employee costs	232.3	278.4
Other current liabilities	234.6	240.7
Total current liabilities	1,570.2	1,685.8
Non-current liabilities
Long-term debt	3,417.5	3,085.3
Employee benefit obligations	1,175.7	1,238.1
Other liabilities	229.0	207.9
Total liabilities	6,392.4	6,217.1
Common stock	1,068.3	1,026.3
Retained earnings	3,807.3	3,580.8
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(328.1)	(352.4)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,418.1)	(3,140.1)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	1,129.4	1,114.6
Noncontrolling interests	187.4	175.4
Total shareholders' equity	1,316.8	1,290.0
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	7,709.2	7,507.1
Ball Corporation
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	1.8	0.2	1.6	24.0
Receivables, net	1.8	11.8
Intercompany receivables	289.0	66.5
Inventories, net	(0.2)	(0.8)
Other current assets	11.4	20.4
Total current assets	303.8	98.1
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	14.2	9.3
Investment in subsidiaries	4,272.4	3,890.8
Intangibles and other assets, net	200.0	195.0
Total assets	4,790.4	4,193.2
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt		25.1
Accounts payable	(1.2)	12.8
Accrued employee costs	14.0	27.0
Other current liabilities	18.2	57.9
Total current liabilities	31.0	122.8
Non-current liabilities
Long-term debt	3,060.6	2,565.4
Employee benefit obligations	301.8	300.5
Other liabilities	267.6	89.9
Total liabilities	3,661.0	3,078.6
Common stock	1,068.3	1,026.3
Retained earnings	3,807.3	3,580.8
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(328.1)	(352.4)
Treasury stock, at cost	(3,418.1)	(3,140.1)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	1,129.4	1,114.6
Total shareholders' equity	1,129.4	1,114.6
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	4,790.4	4,193.2
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5
Receivables, net	184.5	182.9
Intercompany receivables	3.0	8.8
Inventories, net	579.6	623.7
Other current assets	98.8	96.8
Total current assets	866.2	912.5
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	864.5	854.4
Investment in subsidiaries	2,156.2	1,982.3
Goodwill	935.6	927.0
Intangibles and other assets, net	103.4	98.6
Total assets	4,925.9	4,774.8
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	570.9	461.4
Intercompany payables		0.6
Accrued employee costs	140.5	173.5
Other current liabilities	95.5	93.0
Total current liabilities	806.9	728.5
Non-current liabilities
Employee benefit obligations	466.8	526.8
Other liabilities	(715.9)	(467.9)
Total liabilities	557.8	787.4
Common stock	847.1	847.1
Retained earnings	3,786.3	3,435.7
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	(265.3)	(295.4)
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	4,368.1	3,987.4
Total shareholders' equity	4,368.1	3,987.4
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	4,925.9	4,774.8
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	166.1	173.6	179.4	141.3
Receivables, net	901.2	735.4
Intercompany receivables	1.8
Inventories, net	400.9	421.5
Other current assets	79.2	73.6
Total current assets	1,549.2	1,404.1
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,481.4	1,424.9
Investment in subsidiaries	78.6	78.6
Goodwill	1,444.2	1,432.4
Intangibles and other assets, net	240.5	226.1
Total assets	4,793.9	4,566.1
Current liabilities
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	104.5	194.7
Accounts payable	429.1	472.7
Intercompany payables	293.8	74.7
Accrued employee costs	77.8	77.9
Other current liabilities	120.9	89.8
Total current liabilities	1,026.1	909.8
Non-current liabilities
Long-term debt	356.9	519.9
Employee benefit obligations	407.1	410.8
Other liabilities	677.3	585.9
Total liabilities	2,467.4	2,426.4
Common stock	626.1	624.9
Preferred stock	4.8	4.8
Retained earnings	1,493.4	1,332.5
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	14.8	2.1
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	2,139.1	1,964.3
Noncontrolling interests	187.4	175.4
Total shareholders' equity	2,326.5	2,139.7
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	4,793.9	4,566.1
Eliminating Adjustments
Current assets
Intercompany receivables	(293.8)	(75.3)
Total current assets	(293.8)	(75.3)
Non-current assets
Investment in subsidiaries	(6,507.2)	(5,951.7)
Total assets	(6,801.0)	(6,027.0)
Current liabilities
Intercompany payables	(293.8)	(75.3)
Total current liabilities	(293.8)	(75.3)
Non-current liabilities
Total liabilities	(293.8)	(75.3)
Common stock	(1,473.2)	(1,472.0)
Preferred stock	(4.8)	(4.8)
Retained earnings	(5,279.7)	(4,768.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss)	250.5	293.3
Total Ball Corporation shareholders' equity	(6,507.2)	(5,951.7)
Total shareholders' equity	(6,507.2)	(5,951.7)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ (6,801.0)	$ (6,027.0)