Patents
Graham Packaging has one of the largest and broadest portfolios of patents in the industry:
- 80 percent of our products utilize proprietary technology
- We hold or have applications pending for more than 1015 design and utility patents
- Our patents cover such areas as machinery, molds, tooling, processes, packaging functionality, and package design
| Active Cage®, our proprietary vacuum accommodation technology that relies on the container sidewall and vacuum panels to be more responsive to pressure changes or vacuum changes inside the container |
| Escape®, our proprietary vacuum removal base technology for ultra-lightweight hot-fill containers |
| G-Lite®, our proprietary lightweight base-forming technology for hot-fill and cold-fill containers |
| Monosorb®, our proprietary mono-layer blended oxygen scavenging material for PET food and beverage containers |
| SurBond™, our proprietary multi-layer passive barrier material for O2 & CO2 protection that virtually eliminates delamination |
| SurFresh™, our proprietary multi-layer oxygen scavenging material for polyolefin based containers |
| SurShot®, our proprietary multi-layer injection molding technology for preforms and containers |
| SlingShot™, our proprietary vacuum reduction base technology for hot-fill containers |
| Sustainer™, our proprietary family of technologies for the reduction of container carbon footprint |