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Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer with market share over 40% in its three main regions (North America, Europe, and South America). The company is focused on increasing capacity amid a wave of new developed-market demand, while also investing in faster-growing emerging-market economies. Ball maintains a small presence in the U.S. defense industry through its aerospace segment. Ball spun-off its glass jar business in 1993 and is now owned by Newell. The company reports three segments—beverage packaging, North and Central America (43% of 2023 revenue), beverage packaging, EMEA (24%), beverage packaging, South America (14%)—and it generated $14 billion in revenue in 2023.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services ranks among the top surface transportation companies in North America by revenue. Its primary operating segments are intermodal delivery, which uses the Class I rail carriers for the underlying line-haul movement of its owned containers (48% of sales in 2023), dedicated trucking services that provide customer-specific fleet needs (28%), for-hire truckload (6%), heavy goods final-mile delivery (7%), and asset-light truck brokerage (11%).