Nestec S.a.

Husky Injection Molding Systems Limited

Cedric Boulay

Sven Kmoch

Ralf Walter Fisch

Nicolas Dabrowski

Douglas James Weatherall

Joaquim Martins Nogueira

Tobias Naumann

Stephan Scherer

Sebastian Rasche

Gilles Lacome

Günter Blesius

Thomas Schmidt

Jean-Michel Raymond Pierre Cunche

Thomas Ara

Ingo Willems

Thibaud Joël Philippe Brill

Lise Zeboudj

Jean-Francois Meyer

Seung-Yeol Hong

Closures with a tamper evidence feature that is reshaped to connect it to the container neck are disclosed. Methods and systems for carrying out the methods, and to mold stacks for making the closures are also disclosed. The tamper evidence feature can be a band, a portion of a cylindrical skirt or a panel formed in the cylindrical skirt. The application of heat may deform the band inwardly to create a lip for engaging a flange on the container neck, or it may weld the tamper evidence feature to the flange.

Closures with tamper evidence

Containers having improved vacuum-resistance and aesthetic features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container () having a substantially rectangular-shaped body including at least one cut-away portion () on a first side of the body. The cut-away portion includes a panel () that is intersected by a horizontal rib () that extends along an outer perimeter of the container in a substantially horizontal plane. The structural features of the present containers advantageously provide for improved vacuum-resistance and consumer gripping when compared to similar containers currently on the market.

Containers having improved vacuum resistance

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Bulgneville, France

Cedric Boulay