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...