Crown Holdings

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Type	Public (NYSE: CCK) S&P 500 Component
Industry	Packaging
Founded	1892
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people	John W. Conway, CEO
Products	Aerosol Packaging, Beverage Packaging, Food Packaging, Metal Closures, and Speciality Packaging
Revenue	US$7.94B (FY 2010)
Operating income	US$826M (FY 2010)
Net income	US$321M (FY 2010)
Total assets	US$6.90B (FY 2010)
Total equity	US$-96.00M (FY 2010)
Employees	24,000
Website	crowncork.com

Crown Holdings Incorporated (NYSE: CCK), formerly Crown Cork & Seal Company, is an American company producing packaging. Founded in 1892, it is currently headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From a modest beginning in 1892, the company had emerged as the world’s leading packaging company, and as of 2008, was operating 154 plants in 42 countries, employing over 24,000 people. It claims to manufacture one out of every five beverage cans used in the world, and one out of every three food cans used in North America and Europe.

Company history

William Painter, an American of British descent, invented the crown cap for bottled carbonated beverages in 1891, and obtained patents 468.226 and 468.258 for it on February 2, 1892. He founded his own manufacturing business, the Crown Cork and Seal Company, in Baltimore and set out on a campaign to convince bottlers that his cap was the right cap for them to use on their products. By 1898, he had created a foot-powered crowner device to sell to bottlers and retailers so that they could seal the bottles with his caps quickly and easily. This helped to drive acceptance of his bottle caps rather quickly around the world.

See also

• Crown cork

External links

• Crown Holdings, Inc.
• William Painter, the great inventor of the Crown Cap

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