Food cans have been a packaging staple for more than 200 years thanks to the convenience, nutrition and cost-effectiveness they deliver to consumers. In the early 1800’s, chef Nicolas Appert created a food container with an airtight seal in response to Napoleon Bonaparte’s public call for a solution to reduce the spoilage of food consumed by the French army and...

In honor of Thomas Edison’s birthday, February 11 is designated as National Inventor’s Day. To commemorate this day, and in recognition of our 125 th anniversary, which is being celebrated in 2017, Crown is honoring National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee and company founder, William Painter. Painter was a mechanical engineer whose vision transformed the bottling industry with the invention...