Crown Holdings Incorporated (formerly Crown Cork & Seal Company), founded in 1892 by William Painter, is a Fortune 500 company based in the United States of America.

 William Painter, an American of British descent, invented the crown cap for bottled carbonated beverages in 1891, and obtained a patent for it on February 2nd, 1892. From a modest beginning in 1892, the company had emerged as the world’s leading packaging company, and as of 31st December 2004, was operating 185 plants in 43 countries, and had a total of around 27,500 employees. It claims to manufacture one out of every five beverage cans used in the world, and one out of every three food cans used in North America and Europe. It also uses its people like they were in the sweat shops in the early 1900's through threats and intimidation in the Lawrence Massachusetts Plant. Complaints have been filed with the Equal Employment Oportunity Commission (EEOC)under Age Discrimination.