Crown Holdings awarded its 2025 Chairman’s Sustainability Award for Sustainable Manufacturing to the Ponta Grossa aluminum beverage can plant in Brazil for implementing a heat exchange system that captures residual compressor heat to preheat its washer process. The project is projected to save approximately 1,200 MWh of energy annually, reducing facility energy consumption by 8% and cutting carbon emissions by an estimated 650 metric tons per year. This initiative will be replicated at five other plants in Latin America by 2027 under the company’s Twentyby30™ program.

The Izmit aluminum can plant in Turkey won the Safety/Employee Engagement Award after modernizing its compressed air network, standardizing equipment and improving ventilation controls. The upgrades lowered average indoor temperatures by 4°C during peak summer months, reducing heat-related incidents by 35%, and contributed to a 15% drop in recordable incident rates. Employee surveys show a 22-point increase in perceived workplace comfort and safety since project completion in September 2025.

Crown presented two Innovation in Sustainability Awards: Signode Virton in Belgium was recognized for introducing 30% post-consumer recycled content in its plastic stretch film, diverting over 2,500 metric tons of polymer from landfills in 2025 and cutting raw material costs by 12%. SS Metals (SMP Singapore) earned an award for switching from compressed natural gas–powered ovens to an LED-based ink curing system, which reduced annual energy consumption by 1,450 MWh, lowered CO₂ emissions by 1,100 metric tons and delivered a payback period of under 18 months.

Finalists included Bowling Green, Kentucky, which lowered its total recordable incident rate by 20% through enhanced safety forms and community outreach; Rudraram, India, recognized for automated oven temperature controls and a plastic recycling initiative that cut LPG use by 10%; and Agoncillo, Spain, where a smart air efficiency project reduced CO₂ emissions by 5% while boosting productivity. Additional finalists from Spain, Vietnam, Thailand and the U.S. showcased electric heat recovery, employee engagement camps and AI-driven quality controls, underlining Crown’s global commitment to sustainability goals.