PHILADELPHIA, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002 before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 18, 2002. The Company will hold its customary conference call to discuss these results at 11 a.m. (EDT) the same day. The dial-in...

PHILADELPHIA, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today completed the previously announced sale of its pharmaceutical packaging business to a company backed by HSBC Private Equity Limited. Net proceeds will be used to reduce outstanding short-term indebtedness. With facilities in Offranville, France and Neuenburg, Germany, the business is a leading supplier to the world's...

PHILADELPHIA, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that William J. Freeman will join the Company in the newly created position of Vice President - Strategic Marketing and Planning. He will report directly to John W. Conway, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In this new position, Mr. Freeman will be responsible...

PHILADELPHIA, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constar, Inc., the plastic packaging division of Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced the development of a new multi-layer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for hot-fill juice products. Designed for Alfresh Beverages Canada (Toronto), the country's leading single-serve fruit juice company, the 16-ounce bottle incorporates Crown's patented Oxbar(TM) oxygen scavenging technology, extending shelf...