PHILADELPHIA, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that it has completed the sale of its Central and East African packaging interests to Nampak Ltd. The Company's operations in Zambia have been excluded from the current transaction pending anti-trust clearance being obtained. The Company received gross proceeds of US$23.5 million. Net proceeds were...

PHILADELPHIA, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zeller Plastik, the plastic closures division of Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), today announced the development of its new Super Soft Orienting closure, one of the first push-on tube closures engineered to increase productivity. Manufacturers can significantly reduce capping time and maximize output with this innovative push-on technology. The Super Soft Orienting...

PHILADELPHIA, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that manufacturers of personal care products can now significantly reduce water penetration, decrease product waste, and protect brand integrity with the new Watertight Tube closure, designed by Zeller Plastik, the plastic closures division of Crown Cork & Seal. The enhanced 2" closure increases water resistance...

PHILADELPHIA, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that North American food processors will benefit from the improved easy-open features of Crown Cork & Seal's Eole III(TM) technology, now being produced at the Company's Massillon, Ohio facility. Production of the ends represents the first 307-diameter double reduced (DR) full panel easy-open end line...