Crown to Open New Beverage Can Facility in Kazakhstan

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Investors
             Almaty plant to produce 33cl and 50cl beverage cans

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East, a division of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), today announced plans to build a new beverage can production facility in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. Located in the Burundai suburb of Almaty and adjacent to local customer filling plants, the facility will have an annual production capacity of 750 million aluminum beverage cans. Commercial production of 33cl and 50cl cans is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2007.

"CROWN Bevcan continues to expand its presence in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Eurasia to align with customer investments and market growth opportunities," explains John Clinton, Senior Vice President of CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East. "Several leading soft drink and beer companies have recently increased capacity in the region and the new facility in Almaty will allow us to support the growth of their brands on both a local and global level."

In addition to serving the Kazak region, cans from the new facility will be available for export to neighboring markets.

The Almaty facility is being designed to accommodate the installation of a second production line, allowing Crown to increase capacity as market demand grows.

About Crown Holdings, Inc.

Crown Holdings, Inc., through its affiliated companies, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, PA.

For more information, contact:

In Europe: Caroline Archer-Reed, Marketing Director, CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East; Tel: +33 1 49 18 40 43; Email: caroline.archer-reed@eur.crowncork.com.

In the United States: Ron Skotleski, Director of Marketing, CROWN Beverage Packaging; Tel: (215) 718-1303; Email: ron.skotleski@crowncork.com.

For editorial inquiries: Thomas T. Fischer, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs; Tel: (215) 698-5266.

For investors: Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice President - Finance; Tel: (215) 698-5088.

SOURCE  Crown Holdings, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  In Europe: Caroline Archer-Reed, Marketing Director, CROWN
Bevcan Europe & Middle East; +33 1 49 18 40 43, Email:
caroline.archer-reed@eur.crowncork.com; In the United States: Ron Skotleski, 
Director of Marketing, CROWN Beverage Packaging; Tel: (215) 718-1303; 
Email: ron.skotleski@crowncork.com; For editorial inquiries: 
Thomas T. Fischer, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs; 
Tel: (215) 698-5266; For investors: Timothy J. Donahue, Senior Vice
President - Finance, Crown Holdings, Inc., +1-215-698-5088/
    /Web site:  http://www.crowncork.com /
    (CCK)

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     Packaging USA, Inc.
ST:  Pennsylvania, Kazakhstan
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