Food Packaging

Innovation & Design

From creating shelf impact to improving usability, Crown's Innovation and Design team works closely with our food team to answer industry demands with real and market ready technologies. We work both as a partner and a resource on challenges specific to customers as well those more broadly applied to the industry.

Here are some of the latest technologies our customers are using to elevating brand awareness and sales. For additional inspiration, visit the Innovation & Design Center.

PeelSeam™ Peelable Ends
Food processors can enhance convenience, protect product freshness and build brand differentiation with Crown's innovative PeelSeam™ technology. Designed to be quickly, easily and safely removed, the PeelSeam™ opening system consists of a thin, flexible panel, heat-sealed to a rigid steel or aluminum ring.

    Key characteristics include:
  • Offers unrivaled protection against light, oxygen and water and is therefore suitable for long shelf-life products.
  • Suitable for non-processed and fully processed foods.
  • Designed to run through conventional can filling lines with overpressure retorting .
  • The full panel and tab can be decorated with company logos or graphics to enhance visual appeal.
  • Available in round or rectangular shapes and in a range of diameters.

Single Serve Bowls
With a distinctive shape designed to improve consumer convenience and boost visual appeal, bowl-shaped cans maintain superior product quality for single-serve ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, such as fish and meat salads, pates and spreads, puddings, fruits and cream desserts.

    Key benefits include:
  • Easy to handle and portable ; consumers can enjoy contents directly from the package.
  • Superior product integrity protection.
  • Compatible with the complete range of Eole™ and PeelSeam™ easy-open ends.
  • Available in aluminum, steel and polymer-coated exteriors to meet specific application requirements.
  • Advanced surface printing technologies can be applied to further enhance visual appeal and extend brand messaging.
  • Range of diameters and shapes available.

Shaped Cans
In a fiercely competitive industry, distinguishing characteristics can have a tremendous impact on point-of-sale decisions. Shaped packaging offers marketers a creative way to elevate the visual appeal of their brand and entice consumers to purchase the product.

    Key benefits include:
  • Packages can feature subtle shaping or highly innovative asymmetrical designs.
  • Presents opportunity to introduce immediate product differentiation for existing or refreshed brands.
  • Compatible with a range of end options, including easy-open Eole III™ or PeelSeam™ to enhance convenience.
  • Interchangeable on conventional can filling lines with minimum modifications, dependant on shape.