Company overview
Crown is the company name used in the brief and on the official website pages supplied for this research. The available material describes Crown as a metal packaging company with global headquarters in Tampa, Florida, and, on a self-reported basis, 179 plants in 39 countries [1]. The About page states that metal packaging is its primary product, that aluminium beverage cans represent more than 60% of its business, and that the company has a 130-year history [1]. These are supplier statements, not independently checked facts.
The sources identify a broad portfolio rather than an order-ready catalogue. Crown’s pages refer to aluminium beverage cans, food cans, aerosol cans, closures, promotional tins and transit packaging [2]. The sources do not provide a legal entity name, registration number, full street address, email address, telephone number, product specifications, MOQs, lead times, prices, certificate list or India-specific location. This profile is therefore a research draft based on two official Crown pages; it is not an identity check, factory audit, certification review or recommendation to transact.
Company information
| Field | Available information | Evidence or check needed |
|---|---|---|
| Name as supplied | Crown | The brief and official pages use Crown. The exact legal entity, registration and trading name are not stated in the supplied sources. |
| Official website | https://www.crowncork.com/, with an About page at https://www.crowncork.com/about [1][2] | The website is supported by the supplied official pages. Domain ownership, entity details and regional sites were not independently checked. |
| Business type | Metal packaging company; the About page describes metal packaging as its primary product and refers to plants [1] | This is self-described. Manufacturing, distribution and service arrangements by product and country require confirmation. |
| Country and headquarters | Global headquarters in Tampa, Florida, United States [1] | No full street address, postal code, registration office or local entity is provided. |
| Operating footprint | 179 plants in 39 countries, self-reported [1] | Plant list, ownership of individual sites, capacity and country-level contact details are not supplied. |
| Contact route | Official website only; no email address, telephone number or street address is provided in the sources [1][2] | Verify the correct regional sales contact and contracting entity before sending an inquiry or personal data. |
| Identity and review status | Not checked | No legal registration, ownership, factory audit or certificate verification was supplied. Registry and site-level checks are needed. |
Products, services and capabilities
The sources support a portfolio description, not detailed product specifications. The table keeps the supplier’s wording attached to the relevant product family and identifies what a buyer would need to confirm for an order.
| Offering or process | What the source states | What to confirm for your order |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium beverage cans | The About page says aluminium beverage cans represent more than 60% of the business; the homepage states that cans are 100% recyclable [1][2]. These are supplier claims. | Confirm can body and end format, volume, dimensions, alloy and temper, lining, decoration, food-contact declarations, pack quantity, MOQ, samples and delivery. |
| Food cans | The About page refers to a North American tinplate business serving food, beverage and personal care markets, and to Asia Pacific non-beverage can operations primarily for food cans; the homepage describes metal food packaging with extended shelf life and format sizes [1][2]. | Confirm whether the item is tinplate or aluminium, dimensions, seaming and ends, internal coating, shelf-life data, regulatory declarations and MOQ. |
| Aerosol cans | The homepage lists aerosol cans for beauty products and household essentials [2]. | Confirm pressure rating, dimensions, valve and actuator compatibility, lining, printing, transport documentation and samples. |
| Closures | The homepage refers to closure technologies engineered to protect products and perform at scale, with ergonomic features [2]. | Confirm closure type, material, dimensions, liner, container compatibility, filling-line compatibility, samples and MOQ. |
| Promotional tins | The homepage lists promotional tin solutions; the excerpt refers to product protection and convenience and reuses closure wording [2]. | Confirm tin shape, dimensions, lid or closure, decoration, tooling and whether the item is standard or custom. |
| Transit packaging | The About page describes a Transit Packaging segment providing in-transit protection; the homepage refers to strapping and bundling and a Signode Packaging Lab in Sonderborg for packaging performance work [1][2]. | Confirm whether the buyer is purchasing materials, equipment, testing or a managed service; the contracting entity; and availability at the destination. |
| Graphics capability | The About page states that investments help advance product portfolio and graphics capabilities [1]. | Confirm specific decoration or printing processes, colour capability, artwork requirements and proofing. |
| Metal recycling and can-making content | The homepage provides educational content on how cans are made and metal recycling [2]. | The source does not establish that Crown offers recycling, take-back or can-making equipment services to buyers; request clarification. |
The About page uses the phrase what we make, refers to 179 plants, and mentions new facilities and added lines to increase capacity [1]. This supports a self-reported manufacturing role, but the source does not map products to plants or disclose outsourced stages. Buyers should not infer that any one site makes all listed products.
Locations and production scope
The only specific office location in the supplied material is the global headquarters in Tampa, Florida [1]. Crown reports 179 plants in 39 countries and names the Americas, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific as regions it serves or operates in [1]. The source does not provide a plant list, plant addresses, capacity by site or a country-by-country product map.
The homepage’s transit packaging content mentions a Signode Packaging Lab in Sonderborg [2]. This is a named facility reference in Crown’s site content, but the supplied excerpt does not establish the legal relationship between Crown and Signode, whether the lab is Crown-owned, or which customers can use it. It should be treated as an unresolved location reference until confirmed.
No India office, plant, distributor, stock point or service partner is identified in the sources. Buyers should ask whether an Indian inquiry would be handled by a Crown entity, a group company, an agent or another supplier, and which site would fulfil the order.
Order information and quotation preparation
No price, MOQ, lead time, sample policy, tooling charge, payment term, Incoterm, minimum order unit or delivery term is provided in the supplied sources. These items are marked Not provided. The absence of public information does not prove that Crown cannot meet a requirement; the detail must be requested for the specific product and destination.
Use the following inquiry checklist to prepare a comparable request:
- Product family and end use: beverage can, food can, aerosol can, closure, promotional tin or transit packaging.
- Material and format: aluminium or tinplate, can or tin dimensions, volume, ends, closure type and compatibility.
- Print and decoration: artwork, colours, proofing, print process if offered, and any regulatory or retail labelling requirements.
- Order quantity: requested units, expected annual volume, pack configuration, palletisation and any minimum run constraints.
- Samples: sample type, sample fee, sample lead time and whether samples can be produced with the intended decoration.
- Tooling and setup: any new mould, plate, die or setup charge, ownership of tooling, and change-part process.
- Delivery: destination, including any India delivery point, required Incoterm, import documentation and freight responsibility.
- Dates: required delivery date, requested lead time, capacity reservation and production slot confirmation.
- Quality evidence: dimensions, tests, inspection criteria, food-contact declarations, coating or lining information and shelf-life data where relevant.
- Commercial terms: price, currency, validity, payment terms, MOQ and any volume-based conditions.
Quality, samples and certificate information
No certificate, audit report, test standard, sample policy or quality-management registration is supplied in the source material. The About page refers generally to continuous improvement, efficiency, safety and resource management [1], but these are broad self-descriptions and not evidence of a certified management system or product compliance.
The homepage says cans are 100% recyclable [2]. That is a supplier marketing statement; the sources do not provide a supporting certification, life-cycle assessment or site-specific environmental declaration. A Signode Packaging Lab reference is also supplied in transit packaging content [2], but the excerpt does not state the lab’s testing scope, accreditation or customer access.
For an order, request product-specific evidence: certificate scope, issuing body, certificate number and expiry date where applicable; test reports for dimensions, burst or pressure performance, lining or coating, and food-contact compliance; a sample approval procedure; and the inspection standard to be used before shipment. The profile uses Not checked for independent verification because none was supplied.
Evidence and information gaps
The evidence base for this profile consists of two Crown-owned web pages: the About page and the homepage [1][2]. They are useful for a high-level description of the stated portfolio, headquarters and reported footprint, but they are marketing pages rather than technical data sheets, order documents or registry extracts. No independent third-party source, legal registration record, plant audit, certificate database entry or customer reference was supplied.
Key unresolved points include the exact legal entity for a contract, ownership and registration, full contact details, plant-level capabilities, product specifications, India availability, sample and tooling policy, MOQs, lead times, prices, certificates and quality procedures. The Signode reference in the transit packaging content is not legally explained in the excerpt.
No direct conflict between the two supplied pages was identified, although some homepage copy, particularly the promotional-tin text, reuses wording from other product areas. These are clarity gaps, not evidence of misconduct. The profile should be treated as an incomplete research draft until the legal entity, regional contact and product-specific documents are obtained.
Next steps for a buyer
- Confirm the contracting entity: request the legal name, registration details, registered address, billing entity and signatory for the country of supply.
- Define the product in writing: format, material, dimensions, ends or closure, decoration, intended use and required regulatory declarations.
- Request product-specific samples and technical data before accepting a general capability statement.
- Ask for certificate scope, test reports and inspection criteria, then verify the documents with the issuing body where possible.
- Request a written quotation covering quantity, tooling or setup charges, samples, delivery destination, Incoterm, payment terms and validity.
- Confirm which plant would fulfil the order, whether any stage is outsourced, and how delivery to India would be handled.