Crown’s Ponta Grossa aluminum beverage can plant in Brazil received the Sustainable Manufacturing Award for its 2025 project installing a heat exchange system that recaptures residual heat from compressor cooling circuits to pre-heat wash water. This initiative is estimated to save 2.5 gigajoules of energy per week and reduce natural gas consumption by 15%, serving as a model for similar waste heat recovery programs rolling out across 30 additional facilities in North America and Europe.

The Izmit aluminum can plant in Turkey earned the Safety/Employee Engagement Award after completing a €1.2 million upgrade of its compressed-air system, lowering on-floor temperatures by up to 5°C during summer months. Since project launch in March 2025, recordable incidents have fallen by 18%, and employee survey scores for workplace comfort climbed from 72% to 89% in six months.

Signode Virton in Belgium was honored with the Innovation in Sustainability Award for introducing plastic stretch film containing 30% post-consumer recycled content, cutting virgin resin use by 120 metric tons annually. SMP Singapore received a joint award for replacing its compressed natural gas ovens with an LED ink curing line, slashing CO₂ emissions by 1,100 metric tons per year and reducing energy costs by 22%.

Finalists included facilities in Bowling Green, Kentucky (20% reduction in TRIR and community recycling programs), Rudraram, India (automated oven controls and LPG consumption cut by 12%), and Agoncillo, Spain (Smart Air Efficiency project reducing CO₂ emissions by 8%). These efforts advance Crown’s Twentyby30™ goals, which target a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas intensity and 30% improvement in energy efficiency by 2030.