THE HISTORY OF PACKAGING By Pedro Castellano 1800 Airtight tin boxes used for food preservation 1810 First patent for tin cans by Peter Durand 1837 Chromolithography developed for colorful printed packaging 1841 Collapsible metal tube (for paints, later toothpaste) 1872 Screw cap bottle closure 1908 Thin transparent cellulose sheets 1913 Aluminum foil used as a protective barrier 1927 First aerosol spray can 1933 Flexible plastic packaging 1935 First self-adhesive labels 1951 Tetra Pak carton 1962 Ring pull tab