Crown Holdings Incorporated makes metal beverage and food cans, metal aerosol containers, metal closures and specialty packaging.
William Painter invented the crown cap for bottled carbonated beverages in 1891 and patented it the next year.
Painter then founded the Crown Cork & Seal Company which manufactured, along with the caps, a foot-powered crowner device so that bottlers and retailers could seal the bottles with his caps.
In 1936 the company entered the tin can business with the purchase of Acme Can Company of Philadelphia.
Today Crown Holdings is a leading manufacturer of steel and aluminum food and beverage cans including aerosol cans, metal vacuum closures, novelty containers, and industrial cans.
The company’s customers include Coca-Cola, Cadberry Schweppes, Heinz, Nestle, SC Johnson, Unilever, and Proctor & Gamble.
Crown Holdings is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CCK, is #289 in the Fortune 500, has 21,000 employees, and had $8.84 billion in revenue in 2013.
Crown HoldingsCrown Holdings Incorporated makes metal beverage and food cans, metal aerosol containers, metal closures and specialty packaging.
William Painter invented the crown cap for bottled carbonated beverages in 1891 and patented it the next year.
Painter then founded the Crown Cork & Seal Company which manufactured, along with the caps, a foot-powered crowner device so that bottlers and retailers could seal the bottles with his caps.
History
In 1936 the company entered the tin can business with the purchase of Acme Can Company of Philadelphia.
Today Crown Holdings is a leading manufacturer of steel and aluminum food and beverage cans including aerosol cans, metal vacuum closures, novelty containers, and industrial cans.
The company’s customers include Coca-Cola, Cadberry Schweppes, Heinz, Nestle, SC Johnson, Unilever, and Proctor & Gamble.
Crown Holdings is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CCK, is #289 in the Fortune 500, has 21,000 employees, and had $8.84 billion in revenue in 2013.