Elopak is a Norwegian company producing

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s for liquids, starting with aseptic gable top cartons for milk. The company was founded in 1957 by Johan Henrik Andresen and Christian August Johansen as a European licensee of Pure-Pak,Elopak AS

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, 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. The CEO of the company was Bjørn Flatgård from 1996 until his resignation in 2007. The current CEO is Thomas Körmendi. Körmendi joined the company in 2018. In 2003 the company had some 2500 employees and a revenue of about 4 billion

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, 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. It is instead produced in

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. The company's headquarters are in

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

. The company is currently owned by the investment company Ferd AS.

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