Crown - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Crown M&A Summary

Crown has acquired 9 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 5 assets.

Crown’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Signode Industrial Group for $3.9B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Eviosys Packaging Switzerland to KPS Capital Partners for $2.5B. Crown has acquired in 3 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include packaging (86%) and machinery (15%).

Crown Business Overview

Where is Crown headquartered?

Crown is headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

What is Crown’s revenue?

Crown disclosed revenue of 11,394M USD for 2021 and 11,575M USD for 2020.

How many employees does Crown have?

Crown has 26,000 employees.

What sector is Crown in?

Crown is a packaging company.

When was Crown founded?

Crown was founded in 1892.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity12
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity5
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 13
  • M&A Advisors 2

Crown

Crown Holdings, Inc.

770 Township Line Road,
Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067
United States,
(215) 698-5100
www.crowncork.com

Crown is a manufacturer of packaging products for consumer marketing companies around the world. Crown makes a wide range of metal packaging for food, beverage, household and personal care and industrial products and metal vacuum closures and caps. Crown was incorporated in 1892 and is based in Yardley, Pennsylvania.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 6 - - - 1 - 7
vol $6.5B $6.5B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 4 - 1 - - - 5
vol $216M $2.5B $2.8B
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Helvetia Packaging AG 2023-08-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Root, Switzerland · www.helvepa.com
Eviosys Packaging Switzerland GmbH 2021-04-08 2.5B EUR Divestiture
Baar, Switzerland · www.eviosys.com
Signode Industrial Group, Inc. 2017-12-19 3.9B USD Add-on Acquisition
Glenview, Illinois · www.signode.com
Empaques Ponderosa, S.A. de C.V. 2015-02-18 1.2B USD Divestiture
San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
Capsule International LLC 2014-02-27 - Divestiture
Trevose, Pennsylvania
Mivisa Envases SAU 2013-10-31 1.4B EUR Add-on Acquisition
Murcia, Spain · www.mivisa.com
Risdon Pharma GmbH 2002-03-28 109M EUR Divestiture
Neuenburg, Germany
Crown Cork - Fragrance Pump Business 2001-12-13 107M USD Divestiture
Thomaston, Connecticut
Continental Can Company, Inc. 1998-05-29 - Divestiture
Norwalk, Connecticut
CarnaudMetalbox Engineering Ltd. 1996-01-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Shipley, United Kingdom
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Packaging 6 (86%) 6.5B (100%) 5 (100%) 2.8B (100%)
Machinery 1 (14%) - - -
Total 7 $6.5B 5 $2.8B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 4.0B 3 107M
  Connecticut 1 65M 2 107M
  Pennsylvania 1 - 1 -
  Illinois 1 3.9B - -
Switzerland 1 - 1 2.5B
Germany - - 1 109M
Mexico 1 1.2B - -
Spain 1 1.4B - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 3 (43%) 4.0B (61%) 3 (60%) 107M (4%)
Cross-border 4 (57%) 2.6B (39%) 2 (40%) 2.6B (96%)
Total 7 $6.5B 5 $2.8B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Citigroup Investment Banking
 2
Evercore Group
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $6.5B
< $100M 1 $65M
TOTAL $6.5B
Largest Signode Industrial Group, Inc.
$3.9B (2017-12-19)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.5B
$100M to $1B 2 $216M
TOTAL $2.8B
Largest Eviosys Packaging Switzerland GmbH
$2.5B (2021-04-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
2 (29%)
Strategic(s)
29%
2 (29%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
40%
2 (40%)
Strategic(s)
60%
3 (60%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Packaging

Employees

26,000

Established

1892

Public

NYSE: CCK

Former Name

Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc.

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