Exhibit 99.1


News
For Immediate Release                                  SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.
                                                       4 Landmark Square
                                                       Suite 400
                                                       Stamford, CT  06901

                                                       Telephone: (203) 975-7110
                                                       Fax:       (203) 975-7902


                                                                 Contact:
                                                                 Robert B. Lewis
                                                                 (203) 406-3160



                    SILGAN HOLDINGS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
                      WHITE CAP CLOSURES BUSINESS IN BRAZIL


STAMFORD,  CT, April 3, 2008 -- Silgan  Holdings Inc.  (Nasdaq:SLGN),  a leading
supplier of consumer goods packaging  products,  announced today, as part of its
previously  reported  acquisition of Amcor Limited's White Cap closures business
in Europe,  Asia and South  America,  the  completion of the delayed  closing in
Brazil.  Silgan White Cap is a leading worldwide  supplier of an extensive range
of metal,  composite and plastic vacuum  closures to consumer goods companies in
the food and beverage  industries.  Silgan White Cap Brazil is a leader in these
markets in Brazil and certain other South American countries.

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Silgan Holdings is a leading  manufacturer of consumer goods packaging  products
with annual net sales of approximately  $2.9 billion in 2007. Silgan operates 69
manufacturing  facilities in North and South America,  Europe and Asia. In North
America,  the  Company is the  largest  supplier  of metal  containers  for food
products  and a  leading  supplier  of  plastic  containers  for  personal  care
products.  In  addition,  Silgan  is a  leading  worldwide  supplier  of  metal,
composite and plastic vacuum closures for food and beverage products.

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