Crown Holdings, Inc. announces that several of its subsidiaries have won prestigious "Cans of the Year 2006" awards.

CROWN Food Europe has won the 2006 UK Packaging Award in the Metal Packaging Category for the distinctive Waistline® low-calorie foods can.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with BNP Paribas to purchase shares of its common stock for approximately $100 million under an accelerated share repurchase program. The agreement allows the Company to purchase 5,262,878 shares immediately from BNP Paribas and to potentially receive additional shares upon...

Supports Growing North African Market with 24, 25 and 33cl Cans PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East, a subsidiary of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), recently celebrated the opening of its new CROWN Maghreb Can facility in Tunis, Tunisia with a special ceremony. Formally inaugurated by M. Afif Chelbi, the Tunisian Minister of Industry...