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"Se pare greu s cred acum, dar oamenii nu au tiut cum s deschid punga,"
Steven Ausnit, dezvoltator de fermoar originale, a declarat recent o audien de la
Universitatea Marquette. El a amintit c undeva n jurul valorii de la inceputul anilor
1960, compania sa convins Columbia Records pentru a ncerca un manon de
plastic cu fermoar pe partea de sus pentru albume. "La ntlnirea final, am fost
gata pentru a merge. Tipul chemat asistentul su, ia dat punga sigilat i a spus,
"Deschide-o." M-am gndit la mine, Lady, v rugm s facei ceea ce trebuie! Cu
att mai mult se uit la el, cu att mai mult inima mea sa scufundat. i apoi ea a
rupt fermoar dreapta pe punga. "
Ausnit, care a fugit Romnia comunist cu familia sa in 1947, a fost experimentat cu
fermoare de plastic din 1951. Asta a fost atunci cnd a, tatl su (Max) i unchiul
su (Edgar) a cumprat drepturile de fermoar de plastic original, proiectat de un
danez inventator pe nume Borge Madsen, care a avut nici o aplicaie special n
minte. Ei au format o companie numita Flexgrip pentru fabricarea fermoar, care a
folosit un cursor de plastic pentru a sigila cele dou caneluri de centralizare
mpreun. Atunci cnd s-au dovedit costisitoare cursorul pentru fabricarea, Ausnit,
un inginer mecanic, a creat ceea ce stim acum ca tip de pres i-sigiliu fermoar.
n 1962, Ausnit a aflat de o companie japonez numit Seisan Nihon Sha, care a
descoperit o modalitate de a ncorpora fermoar n punga n sine, ceea ce ar reduce
costurile de producie la jumtate. (. Flexigrip fost ataarea fermoare sale saci cu o
pres de cldur) Dup autorizarea drepturilor, Ausnits format o a doua companie
numita MINIGRIP; pauza de mare a venit atunci cnd a cerut Dow Chemical de
autorizaie exclusiv de bacanie-store, introducerea n cele din urm punga fermoar
la o pia de testare n 1968. Nu a fost un succes imediat, ci prin 1973, a fost att
indispensabil i adorat. "Nu end de utilizri pentru aceste pungi Ziploc mari", a
declarat Vogue cititorilor c n noiembrie. "De la exploataie jocuri pentru a menine
tineri ocupat pe unitatea lung la munte, n locuri de depozitare n condiii de
siguran pentru produse cosmetice, rechizite de prim-ajutor i alimente. Chiar
peruca va fi mai fericit ntr-un Ziploc. "
It seems hard to believe it now, but people did not know how to open the bag,
Steven Ausnit, developer of the original Ziploc, recently told an audience at
Marquette University. He recalled that sometime around the early 1960s, his
company persuaded Columbia Records to try a plastic sleeve with the zipper on top
for albums. At the final meeting, we were all set to go. The guy called in his
assistant, handed her the sealed bag and said, Open it. I thought to myself, Lady,
please do the right thing! The more she looked at it, the more my heart sank. And
then she tore the zipper right off the bag.
Ausnit, who fled Communist Romania with his family in 1947, had been
experimenting with plastic zippers since 1951. That was when he, his father (Max)

and his uncle (Edgar) purchased the rights to the original plastic zipper, designed by
a Danish inventor named Borge Madsen, who had no particular application in mind.
They formed a company called Flexgrip to manufacture the zipper, which used a
plastic slider to seal two interlocking grooves together. When the slider proved
costly to manufacture, Ausnit, a mechanical engineer, created what we now know
as the press-and-seal type zipper.
In 1962, Ausnit learned of a Japanese company called Seisan Nihon Sha, which had
figured out a way to incorporate the zipper into the bag itself, which would cut
production costs by half. (Flexigrip was attaching its zippers to bags with a heat
press.) After licensing the rights, the Ausnits formed a second company called
Minigrip; their big break came when Dow Chemical asked for an exclusive grocerystore license, ultimately introducing the Ziploc bag to a test market in 1968. It
wasnt an immediate success, but by 1973, it was both indispensable and adored.
No end of uses for those great Ziploc bags, Vogue told readers that November.
From holding games to keep the young occupied on the long drive to the
mountains, to safe storage places for cosmetics, first-aid supplies and food. Even
your wig will be happier in a Ziploc.