
	Crown Holdings Incorporated, formerly&nbsp;Crown Cork &amp; Seal Company, is an&nbsp;American&nbsp;company that makes metal beverage and food cans, metal aerosol containers, metal closures and speciality packing. Founded in 1892, it is headquartered in&nbsp;Philadelphia, Pennsylvania&nbsp;and has 149 plants around the world.As of December 2012, Crown is present in 41 counties and employs 21,900 people.It claims to manufacture one out of every five&nbsp;beverage cans&nbsp;used in the world, and one out of every three&nbsp;food cans&nbsp;used in&nbsp;North America&nbsp;and&nbsp;Europe. The company is ranked No. 296 in Fortune 500&nbsp;list for 2012 and is number one in the packaging and container industry for the same list.
