Glass Packaging Institute the glass finish number. For example, an 8-425 finish is approximately 8 mm neck outside diameter with a 425 finish corresponding to a threaded neck typically found on small vials. Glass Packaging Institute The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the North American trade association for the glass container industry, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers advocate job preservation and industry standards, and promote sound energy, environmental, and recycling policies. The GPI membership consists of 5 glass container manufacturing member companies, and 33 supplier member companies, who provide raw materials, recycled glass, equipment, decorating, and other services to
Waw (letter) with an Egyptian hieroglyph which (transliterated as ḥ(dj)): T3 In Modern Hebrew, the word ' "vav" is used to mean both "hook" and the letter's name (the name is also written '). The letter ' is named ' "wāw" and is written in several ways depending on its position in the word: Wāw is used to represent four distinct phonetic features: As a vowel, "wāw" can serve as the carrier of a hamza: . "Wāw" serves several functions in Arabic. Perhaps foremost among them is that it is the primary conjunction in Arabic, equivalent to "and"; it is usually prefixed