“A package should save more than it costs.” This was the tenet of the founder of Tetra Pak, r. Ruben Rausing, who initiated the development of the tetrahedron shaped package. The fundamental idea was to form a tube from a roll of plastic- coated paper, fill it with the beverage and seal it below the liquid level.

In 1991, Tetra Pak expanded into liquid food processing equipment, plant engineering, and cheese manufacturing equipment. Today, it is the only international company in the world able to provide integrated processing, packaging, and distribution line and plant solutions for liquid foods manufacturing.

Tetra Pak has 77 marketing companies across the world, 59 packaging material plants including licensees, and 12 packaging machine assembly factories. The company has 20 150 employees and achieved 2001 a net sales of EUR 7.65 billion. Tetra Pak products are sold in more than 165 markets.