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Acquisitions (Details)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Interest rate swap agreements
USD ($)
Feb. 17, 2015
Rexam PLC
USD ($)
Feb. 17, 2015
Rexam PLC
GBP (£)
Feb. 19, 2015
Rexam PLC
GBP (£)
payment
Feb. 17, 2015
Rexam PLC
GBP (£)
Mar. 31, 2015
Rexam PLC
Currency exchange option and collar
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Rexam PLC
Currency exchange option and collar
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
GBP (£)
May 08, 2015
Rexam PLC
Interest rate swap agreements
USD ($)
May 08, 2015
Rexam PLC
Interest rate swap agreements
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Rexam PLC
Interest rate swap agreements
Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
USD ($)
May 08, 2015
Rexam PLC
Interest rate floor - Euribor
EUR (€)
Feb. 19, 2015
Rexam PLC
Minimum
GBP (£)
Feb. 19, 2015
Rexam PLC
Weighted Average [Member]
GBP (£)
Feb. 19, 2015
Rexam PLC
Maximum
GBP (£)
Feb. 28, 2015
Sonoco
USD ($)
Feb. 28, 2015
Unsecured Bridge Loan
GBP (£)
Feb. 28, 2015
Revolving Credit Facility
USD ($)
Feb. 28, 2015
Term C Loan, euro denominated
USD ($)
Acquisitions                                    
Cash paid per share of acquire stock       £ 4.07bll_BusinessCombinationConsiderationPaidPerShareOfAcquireEntity
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= bll_RexamPlcMember
                           
Number of shares issued per share of acquire stock       0.04568bll_BusinessCombinationConsiderationNumberOfSharesIssuedPerShareOfAcquireEntity
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= bll_RexamPlcMember
                           
Share price         £ 6.10us-gaap_SharePrice
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
                         
Weighted average price period   90 days 90 days                              
Exchange rate of US dollar to pound         1.54us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateTranslation1
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
                         
Equity value   6,600,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
4,300,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
                             
Amount of break payment                       43,000,000bll_AmountOfBreakPayment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember
129,000,000bll_AmountOfBreakPayment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_WeightedAverageMember
302,000,000bll_AmountOfBreakPayment
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
       
Number of break payments       1bll_NumberOfBreakPayments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
                           
Maximum borrowing capacity of revolving credit facility                                 3,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
 
Debt redeemed                                   92,900,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
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= bll_TermCLoanEuroDenominatedMember
Face amount of debt                               3,300,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= us-gaap_BridgeLoanMember
1,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
 
Notional amount of derivatives 158,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
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= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
        3,100,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeOptionMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
2,100,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeOptionMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
25,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
950,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
75,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
750,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateFloorMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_RexamPlcMember
             
Business acquired in cash                             29,100,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_SonocoMember
     
Contingent cash consideration                             11,000,000bll_BusinessCombinationContingentCashConsiderationLiability
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_SonocoMember
     
Contingent noncash consideration                             $ 27,800,000bll_BusinessCombinationNoncashContingentConsiderationLiability
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bll_SonocoMember