Taxes on Income (Details 3) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Ball Packaging Europe and its subsidiaries
Taxes on Income
Net operating carryforwards	$ 34.6
Related tax benefit	9.7
Ball's Canadian subsidiaries
Taxes on Income
Net operating carryforwards	96.0
Related tax benefit	25.4
Ball's Mexican subsidiary
Taxes on Income
Net operating carryforwards	23.1
Related tax benefit	6.9
Ball US Subsidiary
Taxes on Income
Related tax benefit	$ 13.9

Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
-Paragraph 20
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51675352&loc=d3e28680-109314

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32621-109319

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32632-109319

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