PHILADELPHIA, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (http://www.crowncork.com) announces the construction of a
new beverage can plant on its existing food can manufacturing site in
Casablanca, Morocco.
Operational in late 2009, the plant will produce aluminum beverage cans
with an initial capacity of 700 million cans a year. The facility is being
designed to accommodate the future installation of additional production lines
as market demand grows. This investment is part of the Company's 2009 capital
program.
The new beverage plant in Casablanca will expand Crown's well-established
presence in Morocco. Crown subsidiary Carnaud Maroc S.A. is the market leader
for fish and vegetable cans, paint cans and crown closures. Founded more than
70 years ago, Carnaud Maroc operates one large plant in Casablanca, and will
open a second plant in Agadir in August of this year.
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
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, PA. For more information, visit
http://www.crowncork.com.
For more information, contact:
In Europe: Caroline Archer-Reed, Marketing Director;
Tel; +33 1 49 18 40 43; Email: caroline.archer-reed@eur.crowncork.com
In the United States: Tom Hughes, Marketing Manager; Tel: (215) 698-5298;
Email: thomas.hughes@crowncork.com
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, Senior Vice President - Finance,
(215) 698-5088.
SOURCE Crown Holdings, Inc.
Europe: Caroline Archer-Reed, Marketing Director, +33-1-49-18-40-43,
caroline.archer-reed@eur.crowncork.com; or United States: Tom Hughes,
Marketing Manager, +1-215-698-5298, thomas.hughes@crowncork.com; or 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, Senior Vice President - Finance, +1-215-698-5088, all of Crown
Holdings, Inc.
