nyse cck industry packaging founded 1892 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania u.s. key people timothy j. donahue ceo and president thomas a. kelly cfo and svp john w. conway chairman of the board products aerosol packaging beverage packaging food packaging metal closures and speciality packaging revenue us 8.5 b fy 2012 1 operating income us 826m fy 2010 2 net income us 658m fy 2012 1 total assets us 7.5 b fy 2012 1 total equity us 123m fy 2012 1 number of employees 21 900 website www.crowncork.com crown holdings incorporated formerly crown cork & seal company is an american company that makes metal beverage and food cans metal aerosol containers metal closures and specialty packing . founded in 1892 it is headquartered in philadelphia pennsylvania . 3 as of december 2012 crown employs 21 900 people at 149 plants in 41 countries . 3 it claims to manufacture one out of every five beverage cans used in the world and one out of every three food cans used in north america and europe . the company is ranked no. 296 in the fortune 500 list for 2012 and is number one in the packaging and container industry for the same list . 4 contents 1 history 2 labor practices 3 regions 4 businesses 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit cork oak tree planted and dedicated by jimmie h. davis at the crown cork plant in louisiana . william painter an american of british descent invented the crown cap for bottled carbonated beverages in 1891 and obtained patents 468 226 and 468 258 for it on february 2 1892 . he founded his own manufacturing business the crown cork and seal company in baltimore and set out on a campaign to convince bottlers that his cap was the right one to use on their products . by 1898 he had created a foot powered crowner device to sell to bottlers and retailers so that they could seal the bottles with his caps quickly and easily . this helped gain acceptance of his bottle caps . by 1906 crown had opened manufacturing plants in brazil france germany japan and the united kingdom . in 1927 after a merger with new process cork company crown cork and seal company was established in new york city . crown cork international corporation was established in the subsequent year in order to assist subsidiaries engaged in bottle crown and other cork business outside the united states . by the 1930s crown was selling half of the world s supply of bottle caps . crown entered the tin can business in 1936 with the purchase of the acme can company of philadelphia which led to the creation of the crowntainer a funnel shaped beer can the following year . 5 to address market changes after world war i and prohibition crown then focused heavily on soft drinks . during world war ii crown produced war products such as the kork n seal the pour n seal and the merit seal as well as gas mask canisters . john connelly took over presidency of the company and moved the headquarters from baltimore to philadelphia in the late 1950s . in 2003 crown restructured as a public holding company . in 2005 and 2006 crown exited the plastics industry with the sale of its global plastic closure and its cosmetics packaging businesses . 5 labor practices edit the toronto branch of crown packaging is currently in its 21st month of an ongoing labor dispute with 125 united steelworkers usw local 9176 workers . 6 the workers have alleged that crown is bargaining in bad faith by offering a 42 % 9 hourly wage cut and a 5 year pension freeze among other concessions . the toronto plant is highly profitable and has received awards for productivity and safety . usw has filed a complaint with the ontario labour relations and on 13 march 2015 ontario labour minister kevin flynn announced that mediator morton mitchnick had been appointed to conduct an industrial inquiry into the dispute . 7 crown has been using bused in workers to replace its employees while they strike . 8 should the strike be resolved crown has stated only 26 of the original workers will continue to have jobs as their positions have since been replaced a practice known as strikebreaking . 9 regions edit americas division headquartered in philadelphia pa and serves north central and south america with 46 plants and 5 600 employees which produce aerosol beverage food and specialty packaging as well as metal closures . 10 european division headquartered in zug switzerland and serves europe africa and the middle east with 71 plants and 11 200 employees which produce aerosol beverage food and specialty packaging as well as metal closures . 11 asia pacific division headquartered in singapore and serves asia pacific with 32 plants 4 300 employees with aerosol beverage and food packaging as well as metalclosures . 12 businesses edit drinks aluminum and steel beverage cans crowns metal closures promotional tabs shaped containers and specialty containers . 13 food aerosol containers easy open ends food containers metal closures and specialty containers . 14 health & beauty aerosol containers high impact decoration and finishes and specialty containers . 15 household & industrial aerosol containers high impact decorations shaped containers and specialty containers . 16 see also edit companies portal food portal crown cork references edit a b c d for investors . retrieved 23 january 2016 . crown cork & seal company cck annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest . a b about crown . retrieved 23 january 2016 . brett krasnove 9 may 2014 . fortune 500 fortune . fortune . retrieved 23 january 2016 . a b history and timeline crown . retrieved 23 january 2016 . steelworkers union targets beer can maker in ongoing labour dispute . 14 october 2014 . retrieved 23 january 2016 . http www.canadianlabour.ca national news clc joins national beer can boycott against crown holdings union members urged buy the crack a beer crack a case of labour rights violations . now toronto magazine think free . retrieved 23 january 2016 . https ca.finance.yahoo.com news media advisory steelworkers rally one 145300116.html facts and figures . retrieved 23 january 2016 . facts and figures . retrieved 23 january 2016 . facts and figures . retrieved 23 january 2016 . beverage packaging . retrieved 23 january 2016 . food cans . retrieved 23 january 2016 . brand building packaging crown . retrieved 23 january 2016 . specialty packaging . retrieved 23 january 2016 . external links edit official website william painter inventor of the crown cap v t e philadelphia area corporations including the delaware valley list of companies based in the philadelphia area philadelphia based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list comcast 43 aramark 207 crown holdings 318 delaware valley based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list amerisourcebergen 16 dupont 87 lincoln national 223 universal health services 324 campbell soup 342 ugi 349 burlington stores inc. 500 other notable philadelphia based businesses amoroso s beneficial bank chemtura day & zimmermann fmc corporation independence blue cross pennsylvania real estate investment trust pep boys philadelphia media network radian group urban outfitters notable philadelphia based professional partnerships ballard spahr blank rome cozen o connor dechert drinker biddle & reath duane morris morgan lewis & bockius pepper hamilton saul ewing white and williams other notable delaware valley based businesses actua corporation airgas alliedbarton ametek aqua america asplundh bentley systems brandywine realty trust boscov s carpenter technology cephalon chemours christiana care health system crozer keystone health system david s bridal epam systems enersys hamilton lane liberty property trust penn mutual penn national gaming rita s italian ice sei investments slm sungard susquehanna international group vanguard toll brothers triumph group unisys viropharma vishay intertechnology vwr wawa wilmington trust w. l. gore and associates wsfs bank notable delaware valley based us headquarters of foreign businesses aberdeen asset management ace agustawestland astrazeneca delaware investments glaxosmithkline ing group keystone foods sap america siemens medical shire pharmaceuticals subaru teva pharmacueticals td bank notable delaware valley based division headquarters of us corporations acme cerberus capital management centocor johnson & johnson colonial penn conseco delmarva power exelon gsi commerce ebay hercules ashland mab paints sherwin williams mcneil laboratories j & j neoware hewlett packard peco exelon qvc liberty media rohm and haas dow chemical sunoco energy transfer tasty baking flowers foods retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crown holdings & oldid 743597747 categories manufacturing companies based in philadelphiaamerican companies established in 1892companies listed on the new york stock exchangepackaging companiesmanufacturing companies established in 18921892 establishments in marylandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 10 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view