damn-near 5,000 employees (many of them factory women), and a deafening sound echoing across the skies of Highlandtown: BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! That was the din of machines punching sheets of metal into ...

The name Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc. may not evoke the same response from consumers as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola or Ford. But millions use its products every day when they zip open cans of soft drink or ...

The leader of Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc. said the company expects an upswing in its PET bottle business, as he sidestepped talk about the sale of part of its unit. The Philadelphia firm began selling ...

Countering speculation that it was shopping its Constar International Inc. PET bottle unit, Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc. surprised the packaging industry May 23 by saying it will spin off the unit while ...

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When engineer William Painter invented the crown cork in 1892, the original design sported 24 ridges. The cap included a cork or paper lining to prevent the beverage from touching metal, and it sealed ...

You’ve seen these crown bottle caps, haven’t you? A type of bottle cap that has almost become indispensable and are found in bottles across the globe, the crown bottle cap, though small, played a big ...