PHILADELPHIA, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK; Paris Bourse) announced today that Frank J. Mechura, 58, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of the Company as well as President of its Americas Division, effective immediately. He succeeds, and will report to, John W. Conway, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mechura will continue working out of the Company's Philadelphia headquarters.
The Americas Division had 2000 net sales of $3.7 billion, which represented 51% of the Company's total net sales that year.