Sandy Gilpin founded Gilpin in 1963, after working in international sales for Continental Can. Sandy’s initial focus was chemicals and raw materials used by the packaging industry. When easy-open ends began to appear on beverage cans in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, Sandy was intrigued by the technology’s potential.
He contacted all of the major easy-open end manufacturers in the United States and Europe, offering to sell for them around the world. Soon Sandy was devoted entirely to easy-open ends. Today, easy-open ends are used throughout the world on a myriad of rigid containers. While Sandy never took credit for the global preference for easy-open ends, he played a major role in their acceptance by bringing this safe, convenient packaging technology to customers around the world. A Philadelphia native, Sandy earned a degree in Economics from Yale University.
