PHILADELPHIA, Feb 16, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, announced today that its subsidiary, CROWN Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd., intends to install a second beverage can line in its existing facility northeast of Ho Chi Minh City in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. The new line is expected to...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 01, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Highlights Fourth quarter reported earnings per diluted share of $0.50 Earnings before certain items of $0.27, up 23% Full year earnings increased 48% to $2.06 per diluted...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 04, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, February 1, 2010. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced that Thomas A. Kelly, 50, was promoted to Senior Vice President - Finance, effective December 10, 2009 and will continue reporting to Timothy J. Donahue, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kelly will be the Company's primary investor relations contact in addition to his continuing responsibilities overseeing...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will address the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference in New York City on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. The Bank of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CCK) today announced that Crown Americas LLC and Crown Americas Capital Corp., each a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the "Issuers"), have notified the holders of the Issuers' 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") that they will redeem $300 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Third Quarter Highlights -- Reported net income and earnings per diluted share of $108 million and $0.67, respectively -- Net income before certain items increases to $131 million, or $0.81 per diluted share -- Gross profit improves...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CCK) today announced that Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Crown Cork"), has satisfied and discharged all of the outstanding indebtedness in respect of Crown Cork's outstanding 8% Debentures due 2023 (the "Debentures") in accordance with the terms and conditions of the indenture...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, October 15, 2009. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com), today announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, CROWN Embalagens S.A., plans to build a new $60 million beverage can plant in Brazil. The new facility is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2011 and will have an initial annual capacity of 700 million cans. The...

PHILADELPHIA, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Second Quarter Highlights -- Gross profit improved to 16.2% of net sales -- Segment income rose to 11.8% of net sales -- Diluted earnings per share increased 6.6% to $0.65 Commenting on the results, John W. Conway...

PHILADELPHIA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), a leading supplier of packaging products worldwide, announced today that its subsidiary, CROWN Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd has acquired a beverage can production facility located northeast of Ho Chi Minh City in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam from Interfood Shareholding Company (VNSE: IFS). Interfood will retain a minority investment interest...

PHILADELPHIA, June 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today said it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation, a private Canadian investment company, to purchase up to three million shares of Crown's common stock, which represents about 1.9% of Crown's outstanding common stock. Crown noted that TRC's unsolicited offer of...

PHILADELPHIA, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 16, 2009. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (the "Company") announced today that it intends to offer senior unsecured notes due 2017 expected to generate $250 million of net proceeds, subject to market conditions. The senior notes would be issued by Crown Americas, LLC and Crown Americas Capital Corp. II, each a subsidiary of the Company, and would...

PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- New Beverage Can Plant Underway Supports Customer Demand in Central and Eastern Europe Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com) announces that a ceremonial groundbreaking event held on-site today marked the official start of construction of its new beverage can plant in Kechnec, in eastern Slovakia. The Kechnec municipality Mayor, Mr...

PHILADELPHIA, April 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. First Quarter Highlights -- Gross profit improves to 14.5% from 13.5% of net sales -- Segment income rose 4.0% to $156 million and to 9.3% of net sales from 8.1% -- Diluted earnings per...

PHILADELPHIA, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, April 16, 2009. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. 2008 Highlights -- Net sales grew 7.5% to $8.3 billion -- Gross profit improved 19% to $1.2 billion -- Segment income rose 28.7% to $826 million Fourth Quarter Results Net sales in the fourth quarter...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, February 2, 2009. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, February 3, 2009...