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Crown Cork & Seal Company

American company

The Crown Cork & Seal Company was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892, for the purpose of manufacturing metal bottle caps (the "crown cork"), a technology invented in Baltimore. The invention was so successful that by 1920 the company supplied half the world's bottle caps at the rate of millions and eventually billions per year.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Crown Cork & Seal Company was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892, for the purpose of manufacturing metal bottle caps (the "crown cork"), a technology invented in Baltimore. The invention was so successful that by 1920 the company supplied half the world's bottle caps at the rate of millions and eventually billions per year.2

Corporate structure

Crown Cork & Seal Company is part of a group headed by Crown Holdings. 198 entities, 48 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Crown Holdings Tampa, Florida, United States
    • Signode Finland 100% · Masku, Finland
    • Crown Cork & Seal Company
    • Butimove Subsidiary · France
    • CardnaudMetalbox Mec-A-Tec Services Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CarnaudMetalbox Engineering Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CarnaudMetalbox Group UK Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CarnaudMetalbox Overseas Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Carribean Capital Ltd Subsidiary · Turks and Caicos Islands
    • CMB Machinery and Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd Subsidiary · China
    • CR USA, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CROWN AEROSOLS UK LTD Subsidiary · Oxford, United Kingdom
    • Crown Americas Capital Corp. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Crown Americas Capital Corp. V Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • CROWN Americas LLC Subsidiary · Pennsylvania, United States
    • CROWN AP (Thailand) Company Limited Subsidiary · Thailand
    • CROWN Arabia Can Company Ltd Subsidiary · Saudi Arabia
    • CROWN Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
    • CROWN Bevcan and Closures(Thailand) Co.,Ltd. (บริษัท คราวน์เบ็บแคน แอนด์ โคลสเชอร์ส (ประเทศไทย) จำกัด) Subsidiary · Saraburi, Thailand
    • CROWN Bevcan Espana S.L. Subsidiary · Spain
    • CROWN BEVCAN ESPAÑA SL Subsidiary · Agoncillo, Spain
    • CROWN BEVCAN FRANCE SAS Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Crown Bevcan Services Hungary Kft Subsidiary · Hungary
    • CROWN BEVCAN SLOVAKIA S. R. O. Subsidiary · Kechnec, Slovakia
    • CROWN BEVCAN TURKIYE AMBALAJ SANAYI VE TICARET LTD SIRKETI Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • and 166 more

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Products and brands

  • crown cork

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Timeline

  1. 1892Founded Founded1

Sources

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