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
Drum (container) re-conditioned and then used for storing or shipping various liquids or materials. Drums are frequently reused for many purposes including as barricades to protect construction workers from oncoming traffic, and perhaps most famously as musical instruments. Although crude oil is sometimes shipped in 55-US-gallon drums, the measurement of oil in barrels is based on the whiskey barrels of the 1870s which measured . The measure of 42 US or wine gallons, corresponds to a wine tierce (third-pipe). A wine barrel, or 1/8 tun, measures . Drum (container) A drum is a cylindrical container used for shipping bulk cargo. Drums can