Crown Expands Presence In Vietnam

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Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:09am EDT

PHILADELPHIA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:
CCK) (Crown), a leading supplier of packaging products worldwide, announced
today that its subsidiary, CROWN Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd has acquired a
beverage can production facility located northeast of Ho Chi Minh City in Dong
Nai Province, Vietnam from Interfood Shareholding Company (VNSE: IFS).
Interfood will retain a minority investment interest in the plant.

The newly constructed facility is sized to accommodate additional
manufacturing lines and will have an initial annual production capacity of
approximately 600 million two-piece, 33cl aluminum beverage cans. Commercial
delivery of cans is scheduled to begin early in the fourth quarter of this
year.

"We are delighted to expand our relationship with Interfood," commented, Jozef
Salaerts, President of Crown's Asia-Pacific Division. "This is our third
manufacturing facility in Vietnam which continues to be a vibrant and growing
market for us.  We have been doing business for more than 30 years in South
East Asia and this expansion underscores our commitment to support the growing
needs of our global and regional customers and to help them continue to build
their brands."

About Interfood Shareholding Company              
Interfood Shareholding Company is a joint stock company listed on the
Vietnamese Stock Exchange, under the symbol IFS.  The company provides a wide
range of products including biscuits, cookies, wafers, tropical fruit drinks,
liquid coffee, canned Asian drinks and canned coconut juice and milk among a
variety of other canned food and beverage products manufactured and marketed
in Vietnam under its own highly recognized and highly trusted brand name
"Wonderfarm."  Please visit www.wonderfarmonline.com.

About Crown Holdings
Crown Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of
packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World
headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Please visit
www.crowncork.com.

    For more information, contact:

    In Asia:
    Jozef Salaerts, President -Asia Pacific-Division; Tel: +65 62294881;
    Email: jozef.salaerts@crowncork.com.sg

    For editorial inquiries:
    Michael F. Dunleavy, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Public
    Relations; Tel: (215) 698-5051; Email: mdunleavy@crowncork.com

    For investors:
    Timothy J. Donahue, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
    Tel: (215) 698-5088, or Ed Bisno, Bisno Communications,
    Tel: (212) 717-7578


SOURCE  Crown Holdings, Inc.

Asia: Jozef Salaerts, President -Asia Pacific-Division, +65 62294881,
jozef.salaerts@crowncork.com.sg; Editorial inquiries: Michael F. Dunleavy,
Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Public Relations, +1-215-698-5051,
mdunleavy@crowncork.com, or Investors: Timothy J. Donahue, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, +1-215-698-5088, or Ed Bisno, Bisno
Communications, +1-212-717-7578
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