Crown Licenses Toyo Seikan to Produce SuperEnd(R) Beverage Ends in Japan

Crown Licenses Toyo Seikan to Produce SuperEnd(R) Beverage Ends in Japan PHILADELPHIA, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (http://www.crowncork.com) announces that it has signed a license agreement with Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. for it to manufacture and sell SuperEnd(R) beverage ends for the Japanese market. Crown's patented design uses 10% less metal than traditional beverage ends, providing significant sustainability advantages. To date, Crown and its licensees have produced more than 150 billion SuperEnd(R) beverage ends, saving more than 37,000 metric tons of aluminum, over 600 metric tons of coatings, and more than 300,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases, which is the equivalent of the annual emissions from 55,000 automobiles. In addition to these substantial environmental gains,... [read full story]