Weatherchem Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Packaging Closures

Through its history, Weatherchem has shown that “great things come in great packages,” with a series of creative closure designs that enhance a products’ consumer appeal and brand strength.

Aug 26 2011 --- Weatherchem, creators of innovative dispensing closures, is celebrating a milestone few companies achieve – its 40th anniversary.

Weatherchem’s history ties back to a typical entrepreneurial moment when someone sees a market opportunity and takes action to seize it. Albert J. Weatherhead saw such an opportunity in 1971 when he purchased Ankeny Co., a small tooling company. Since consumer products companies were moving rapidly to adopt plastic, rigid packaging containers, Weatherhead realized that Ankeny could make significant gains in the packaging industry by developing and manufacturing a value-added packaging product line, if it received the right attention and capital investment.

Forty years later, the company now known as Weatherchem is a global enterprise with 100 employees and a full range of innovative dispensing closures used in markets spanning from pet food to spices to household chemicals and candy. Today’s Weatherchem is many times the size of that original single product offering, with customers throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia.

Through its history, Weatherchem has shown that “great things come in great packages,” with a series of creative closure designs that enhance a products’ consumer appeal and brand strength.