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Three different types of aglets: double-punched copper, plastic sheath, and inward fold brass An aglet ( / ˈ æ ɡ l ə t / AG -lət ) [ 1 ] or aiglet is a small sheath, often made of plastic or metal, attached at each end of a shoelace , a cord , or a drawstring . [ 2 ]
The company was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1967, [3] although some of its predecessor companies have been established for over 80 years. That includes its namesake, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, a regional carrier which Katy Industries sold to Union Pacific Corporation in 1988.
Single-use plastic bag ban. [315] Texas 2: City of Austin: March 2012: March 2013: Plastic bag and paper bag ban. Reusable plastic bags must be at least 4 mils. [316] Overturned by Texas Supreme Court in 2018. [317] City of Brownsville: December 15, 2009: January 5, 2011: Single-use bag ban. $1 charge per transaction for any number of single ...
Main Igloo production facility in Waller County, Texas. The company's headquarters are in unincorporated Waller County, Texas, United States, west of the city of Katy. [6] The complex has almost 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2) of space on a 105-acre (42 ha) plot. The company announced that it was consolidating its corporate headquarters and ...
The company was founded in 1955 as "Alpenplastik Lehner Alwin OHG" by the brothers Alwin (1932-2018) and Helmuth Lehner (1930-1978). After starting with the injection moulding production of plastic cups, ALPLA produced plastic bottles for the first time in 1958.
We shouldn't pull together a few examples and announce that we, Wikipedia, declare jokes about the naming of aglets to be "common", though - that's original research. --McGeddon 16:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC) TV Tropes has an article about the prsence of aglets in pop culture What The Heck Is An Aglet?.
The company later expanded operations to produce toys, storage tools, giftware, and other plastic items. [3] The company relocated to nearby Townsend, Massachusetts in 1968. [4] By the mid-1970s, it was one of the largest independent manufacturers of private household plastic goods in the United States. [5]
The Hefty OneZip sliding tab sealable bag, formerly known as the "rolling-action zipper profile and slipper", was created by Eric A. St. Phillips and F. John Harrington Jr. at Mobil in the early 1990s at a cost of $25 to $50 million, after having developed and evaluated various different zipper designs, and finally deciding to roll out the "boxcar-shaped version", which slides over dual ...