PHILADELPHIA, Oct 12, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Global Plastic Closures business to an affiliate of PAI partners, a European private equity firm, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US $750 million, which includes the assumption of certain liabilities. Net...

600,000 Cans of Water Shipped to Devastated Area PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., an affiliate of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown), has joined forces with Independent Beverage Corporation (IBC) to aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Approximately 600,000 cans of purified drinking water have been donated and shipped...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Global Plastic Closures business to funds managed or advised by PAI partners, a leading European private equity firm, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US $750 million, which includes the assumption of certain liabilities. The purchase price...

CROWN Food Europe has received a DuPont Diamond Award, the competition's most prestigious honor for packages deemed most innovative by the judging panel.