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Crown Holdings was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Crown Holdings, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. The company's products include beverage cans and ends, and other packaging products for use by various beverage and beer companies; a range of food cans and ends, including two-and three-piece cans in various shapes and sizes for use by food marketers; and aerosol cans and ends for use by manufacturers of personal care, food, household, and industrial products. In addition, the company produces a range of steel containers for cookies and cakes, tea and coffee, confectionery, giftware, personal care, tobacco, wines, and spirits, as well as non-processed food products. In the industrial market, it manufactures steel containers for paints, coatings, inks, chemical, automotive, and household products. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific.

The firm now ships more than 50 million bottles of wine a year through two businesses, Laithwaites (formerly Bordeaux Direct) and the "Sunday Times" wine club. Both operations sell wine online. Founder Tony Laithwaite first entered the wine business by importing French wines and selling them from a rented railway arch in 1969. When the "Sunday Times" in 1973 published an expos on some of the dirty tricks of the British wine trade, Laithwaite wrote to distance himself from the bad press. The letter drew 2,000 reader responses and prompted the newspaper to establish a wine club with Laithwaite's help.

Embotelladora Andina S.A. company serves Argentina, Brazil, and Chile with Coca-Cola and other beverages; Coke beverages account for 88% of the company's sales. Along with Coke, Andina distributes beer in Brazil; fruit juices and mineral water in Chile; and ready-to-drink juices (Hi-C) in Argentina. The company also makes plastic bottles through its Edasa packaging subsidiary and manages vending machines through its Servicios Multivending subsidiary. Chilean investment group, Inversiones Freire, owns about 42% of Andina; The Coca-Cola Company owns approximately 11%.

Embotelladoras Arca (Arca) wants you to have some Joya in life. The second largest distributor of Coca-Cola products in Mexico (Coca-Cola FEMSA is #1), Arca sold its Joya trademarks and formulas to Coca-Cola in 2004 but continues to produce and distribute the brand itself. It also sells Ciel bottled water and Tipp soda, as well as the usual Coke brands. Arca does business in eight northern states of Mexico. The company was formed through the 2001 merger of three of the oldest bottling groups in Mexico: Proyeccin Corporativa, Embotelladoras Argos, and Empresas El Carmen.

Empire Merchants company distributes a wide array of wines, spirits, and champagnes to licensed liquor stores throughout the region. In 2007 it combined its metro New York operations with those of Peerless Importers to form Empire Merchants. Founded in 1933, the company is a subsidiary of Maryland-based Charmer-Sunbelt Group, one of the largest wine and spirits wholesalers in the US. The Merinoff family controls Charmer-Sunbelt.

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