Sealed Air Corporation

Type	Public (NYSE: SEE)
Founded	1960
Headquarters	Elmwood Park, NJ, USA (Headquarters)
Industry	Packaging
Products	Protective and Food Packaging
Revenue	$4.7 Billion (US dollars, 2007)
Website	www.sealedair.com

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) is a company that makes a variety of packaging materials, systems and equipment. Its brands include Bubble Wrap, Cryovac, Instapak, Shanklin. They have recently moved headquarters to Elmwood Park, New Jersey.

The company was founded in 1960 by inventors Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes who developed AirCap cellular cushioning while they were trying to create textured wallpaper by capturing air between two thin layers of plastic. The wallpaper idea didn't work out, but they realized that their invention would make terrific protective packing material and their idea evolved into Bubble Wrap. The company acquired Instapak in 1976, Sentinel 1991, and the Cryovac Division of W. R. Grace and Company in 1998.

[edit] External links

• Sealed Air Website
• Company history

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