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...

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...

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...

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, 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...