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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ), today announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Embalagens S.A., plans to build a new $48 million beverage can plant in Brazil. The new facility is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2008 and will have an initial annual capacity of 700 million cans. The new plant...

New Production Line Supports Growing Consumer Preference for Metal Beverage Cans PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- CROWN Bevcan Europe & Middle East, a business unit of ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ) ( ), announces the addition of a new $39 million production line to its 36,000 square meter beverage can facility in Seville...

Gross Profit Improves By More Than 15% PHILADELPHIA, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Second Quarter Results Net sales in the second quarter rose to $1,990 million, up 11.7% over the $1,781 million in the second quarter of 2006. The increase was primarily the...

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ) ( www.crowncork.com) announces that its CROWN Closures Americas subsidiary has received a prestigious "Spirit of Excellence" Award from Hormel Foods Corporation. The company presents the award annually to those companies who have attained service standards of excellence and have assisted the company in its quest for superior customer satisfaction...