PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced that Thomas A. Kelly, 49, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller and will report to Timothy J. Donahue, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his current responsibilities for the Company's internal and external financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, Mr. Kelly will...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced that Alan W. Rutherford, 65, has decided to step down as Chief Financial Officer effective today. Timothy J. Donahue, 46, has been promoted to Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and will report to John W. Conway, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rutherford...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), today announced that it plans to close its food can plant in Dorval, Canada and its beverage can and crown (bottle cap) plant in Montreal, Canada. In connection with the two plant closures, the Company expects to record a pre- and post-tax charge of approximately $21 million (CAD $26...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President -- Finance, will address the Longbow Research 2nd Annual Paper & Packaging Conference on Thursday, November 6, 2008. The Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois. The presentation will begin at 8:30 a.m. (CST). A live web...

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Third Quarter Highlights -- Net sales grew 10% to $2,369 million -- Gross profit improved 21% to $378 million -- Segment income rose 28% to $276 million -- Earnings per diluted share...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, October 16, 2008. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President-Finance will address the JPMorgan US Mid Cap Growth Conference on Tuesday, September 30, 2008. The Conference will take place at JPMorgan's offices at 10 Aldermanbury in London, United Kingdom. The presentation will begin at 4:30 p.m...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President-Finance, will address the Bank of America 38th Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, September 17, 2008. The Conference will take place at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in San Francisco. The presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). A live...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that at the Wachovia Securities and Key Banc Conferences in New York and Boston as described below, Company executives expect to express confidence in the Company's outlook and reaffirm its 2008 full year guidance as follows: Based upon current expectations and current exchange rates segment income is projected...

New Beverage Can Plant Planned to Support Strong Customer Demand in Region PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com), announces that it will construct a new beverage can plant in Kechnec, in eastern Slovakia. The new plant, which will be operational in Q4 2009, will have an initial capacity of 750 million cans a...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that John W. Conway, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and Alan W. Rutherford, Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will address the KeyBanc Basic Materials & Packaging Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 and Timothy J. Donahue, Senior...

PHILADELPHIA, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com) announces that it has signed a license agreement with Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. for it to manufacture and sell SuperEnd(R) beverage ends for the Japanese market. Crown's patented design uses 10% less metal than traditional beverage ends, providing significant sustainability advantages. To date, Crown and its licensees...

PHILADELPHIA, July 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Second Quarter Highlights Net Sales grew 10.4% to $2,196 million Gross Profit improved 23.1% to $352 million Segment income rose 28.0% to $247 million Earnings per diluted share increased 13.0% to $0.61...

PHILADELPHIA, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 17, 2008. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( https://www.crowncork.com) announces the construction of a new beverage can plant on its existing food can manufacturing site in Casablanca, Morocco. Operational in late 2009, the plant will produce aluminum beverage cans with an initial capacity of 700 million cans a year. The facility is being designed to accommodate...

PHILADELPHIA, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that John W. Conway, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer and Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President-Finance will address the JPMorgan 3rd Annual Basics & Industrials Conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. The Conference will take place at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers...

PHILADELPHIA, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President- Finance, will address the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference in New York City on Thursday, May 22, 2008. The Conference will take place in the Goldman Sachs Convention Center at 32 Old Slip in New York City. The presentation will begin...

PHILADELPHIA, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), announced today that Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President-Finance, will address the Bank of America 2008 BASics/Industrials Conference in New York on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Conference will take place at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY. The presentation will begin at 8:40 a.m. (EDT). A...

Gross Profit Improves by More Than 19% PHILADELPHIA, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net sales in the first quarter grew to $1,863 million, up 8.8% over the $1,713 million in the first quarter of 2007. The increase in sales was primarily due to...

PHILADELPHIA, March 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday...