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...

CROWN Food Packaging North America Receives 'Spirit of Excellence' Award for Sixth Consecutive Year

PHILADELPHIA, May 7 /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 Bank of America 2007 Basic Industries Conference on Thursday, May 10, 2007. The Conference will take place at Le...

Gross Profit Improves by More Than 14% PHILADELPHIA, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Net sales in the first quarter grew to $1,713 million, up 12.4% over the $1,524 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase in sales was primarily attributable to...