Gross Profit Improves By More Than 15% PHILADELPHIA, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Second Quarter Results Net sales in the second quarter rose to $1,990 million, up 11.7% over the $1,781 million in the second quarter of 2006. The increase was primarily the...

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com) announces that its CROWN Closures Americas subsidiary has received a prestigious "Spirit of Excellence" Award from Hormel Foods Corporation. The company presents the award annually to those companies who have attained service standards of excellence and have assisted the company in its quest for superior customer satisfaction...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) will release its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) on...

PHILADELPHIA, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that Raymond L. McGowan, Jr., age 55, has been promoted to President of its North American Packaging business effective July 1, 2007. He will be responsible for marketing, sales, production and planning in the region, which accounted for 34% of the Company's $7.0 billion in 2006 net sales...