Crown Reveal Technology

Standing Out in the Crowd

Publish Date
Monday, July 17, 2017
With the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market thriving in many parts of the world, product proliferation has been driven to new heights. For example, in the U.S. alone, 21,435 food and beverage products and 18,694 nonfood products were introduced to the market in 2016 . That’s a lot of choice for consumers, but options are exactly what today’s shoppers...

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Nescafé Azera Coffee

Crown Brings to Life Exclusive Tins for Nescafé® Azera Coffee

Packages convey the perception graphic design students have of urban coffee culture around the world

Publish Date
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Philadelphia, PA – June 29, 2017. For the third consecutive year, Nestlé, maker of the NESCAFÉ ® AZERA coffee brand, has teamed up with CROWN Aerosols & Specialty Packaging Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc. (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), on the launch of a series of limited-edition tins. Created in collaboration with graphic design students from the University for the...

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In the Box Innovation

Publish Date
Monday, June 5, 2017
Skillsoft, a leader in online education, recently interviewed our Chief Technology Officer, Daniel Abramowicz, Ph.D., to get his perspective on innovation. In this video, Dan discusses what he calls "in the box" thinking, where we work to put constraints on a challenge to help stimulate ideas and improve Crown’s success rate for new ideas. Often, people assume innovation requires a...

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PET containers

Crown's New Closure Technology for PET Containers Overcomes Past Compatibility Challenges

Metal closures are suitable for large mouth PET containers, do not require new capping equipment

Publish Date
Monday, January 9, 2017
Food manufacturers can add flexibility to their product packaging portfolio with new metal closures from Crown Holdings, Inc., the leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, that are compatible with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers.

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Philadelphia, PA – December 28, 2016. CROWN Asia Pacific, a division of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), took home three awards at the recent Asia CanTech 2016 awards, including the event’s top prize. The Supreme Award and Decorative Award were given to Crown for the 355ml sleek style can the Company developed for Monster Energy’s Monster Ultra product...

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Caroline May

Training Program Helps Foster Employee Engagement in Europe

Publish Date
Friday, November 4, 2016
Crown Europe’s Elements of Engagement (EoE) program trains leaders to cultivate an open dialogue and create a culture of transparency, helping increase employee engagement at all levels. The three-day program, offered to newly recruited or promoted managers, includes a highly interactive workshop that arms participants with insight and practical tips to foster an environment of success. Topics include how to...

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Forward Initiative Participants

New Program Helps Identify Tomorrow’s Leadership

Publish Date
Monday, October 24, 2016
Crown Europe is taking a proactive approach to filling its operational leadership positions of tomorrow with the FORWARD initiative. Designed to identify, recruit and train candidates with key foundational skills, the new program exposes participants to assignments that span countries and disciplines ranging from continuous improvement to engineering over a 24 to 36 month period. “The FORWARD initiative gives qualified...

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Forward Initiative Participants

Crown Plans For The Future With New Leadership Initiative

Publish Date
Monday, October 24, 2016
Philadelphia, PA – October 24, 201 6. CROWN Europe, a division of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com ), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, has launched a leadership initiative to train qualified engineers for its operational leadership positions of tomorrow. Designed to identify, recruit and train candidates that possess key foundational skills, the FORWARD initiative...

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Peelfit Plus innovative metal can
Philadelphia, PA — October 17, 2016. CROWN Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), is launching Peelfit™, an innovative, proprietary metal can designed specifically for the dry food market to address demands for greater convenience, lightweighting and product protection. Manufactured in the United Kingdom, Peelfit™ is currently available in a 99mm diameter format. Fully...

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Sound wave for 330cc beverage can opening

A Sound Experiment

Crown and Oxford University partner to execute a consumer perception study

Publish Date
Thursday, October 13, 2016
When you think of your favorite packaged food or beverage, which of the five senses come to mind first? If you said touch, taste or smell, you’re not alone. Consumers routinely pick up products and touch them, or refer to the smell or taste of their favorite foods. These senses have served as inspiration for the packaging of food and...

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CrownSecure QR code on food can

New System from Crown Gives Packages a Unique Identity

Publish Date
Monday, September 19, 2016
Philadelphia, PA – September 19, 2016. Advancing traceability in today’s complex global supply chain is critical for manufacturers to meet regulatory mandates and manage issues like quality, product recalls and manufacturing inefficiencies. To help brands improve product traceability and support greater consumer engagement, Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com), a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, has developed...

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Coors Light Cans With Crown Accents
Coors Light Canada’s celebration of backyard, amateur sports continues this year with the launch of the second annual Coors Light Games in Canada. This year’s competition is expected to be bigger and better than before, launching with a series of seven Coors Light Games Variable Print cans from CROWN Beverage Packaging North America, each of which represents a different backyard sport featured at the 2016 national event.

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Looking to Improve Your Can Seaming? Welcome to Integra™

Publish Date
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
When it comes to the canning process, double seaming is a critical step in creating an airtight seal that helps to preserve product freshness and prevent degradation. After all, that last thing consumers want is to crack open a can of their favorite food or beverage only to find that a canning defect caused the product to spoil or lose its taste.

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