Elopak is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

company producing

carton A carton is a box or container usually made of liquid packaging board, paperboard and sometimes of corrugated fiberboard. Many types of cartons are used in packaging. Sometimes a carton is also called a box. Types of cartons Folding carton ...

s for liquids, starting with

aseptic Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, pathogenic fungi, and parasites). There are two categories of asepsis: medical and surgical. The modern day notion of asepsis is deriv ...

gable top cartons for

milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest solid food. Immune factors and immune ...

. The company was founded in 1957 by Johan Henrik Andresen and Christian August Johansen as a European licensee of Pure-Pak,Elopak AS

Store Norske Leksikon The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique vis ...

, retrieved 4 April 2013 the Elopak name standing for ''European License Of PURE-PAK''. In 1987, Elopak bought the Ex-Cell-O Packaging Systems Division from which it was originally a licensee, and hence got full ownership of Pure-Pak. In 2003, the company had approximately 2,500 employees and a revenue of about 4 billion

Norwegian Kroner The krone (, currency sign, abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); ISO 4217, code: NOK), plural ''kroner'', is currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including Svalbard). Traditionally known as the Norwegian Crown (currency), crown in English. ...

, and is the world's third largest supplier of packaging for beverages.Elopak AS entry on Google Finance
retrieved 15 April 2013 All production now takes place outside Norway. The company's headquarters are in

Spikkestad Spikkestad is a village in the municipality of Asker, Viken, Asker, in the province of Viken (county), Viken, Norway. Its current population (2022) is between 4000 and 5000. Spikkestad is located in the northern part of the peninsula of Hurumland ...

. The company is currently owned by the investment company

Ferd AS Ferd may refer to: * Ferd (nickname), a list of people with the nickname, usually a short form of Ferdinand * Ferd Napfel, 1960s American drag racer * Ferd (company), a Norwegian holding company * Melvin Ferd III, the hero and title character o ...

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