Pano Verschluss GmbH

Managing Director

Thomas Stock

Managing Director

T	+49 4821 7706-12
M	th.st(at)pano.de

Wulf Eberhardt

Managing Director

T	+49 4821 7706-11
M	w.eb(at)pano.de

100 YEARS OF INNOVATION IN PRACTICE

1920

FOUNDATION

Founded by PAul NOfer in Brunsbüttel as an electrical installation business and company for the manufacture of lockable sheet steel bitumen drums".
bitumen drums made of sheet steel.

100 YEARS OF INNOVATION IN PRACTICE

1936

FIRST CLOSURE FOR GLASS

First metal closure for preserving jars.

1938

PRESENTATION OF OUR CLOSURE

Presentation of the vacuum metal closure for glass food packaging at the Leipzig Spring Fair.

1947

PANO III

Pano III — a special closure for preserving fruit and vegetables in industrial jars left over from the war.

1957

ITZEHOE

New factory built in Itzehoe by Paul Nofer's son-in-law, engineer Heinrich Eberhardt, start of industrial mass production.

1959

TYPE UNI

Type Uni — first aluminum screw cap with fully automatic PVC seal and Panomat — first automatic jar capping machine, universal applicability of the cap thanks to individual adjustment of the PVC compounds to each filling product.

1977

EXPANSIONS

Expansion to include a new production hall and ten fully automated production lines.

1987

MANAGEMENT: WULF EBERHARDT

Wulf Eberhardt takes over the management of the company, concentrating on specific ranges of closures, European orientation and technical development.

1993

NEW FACTORY BUILDING IN BRUNSBÜTTEL

New factory building in Brunsbüttel for the production of glass sealing machines and moulds according to customer-specific requirements.

1994

CAM LATCH

Start of production of tinplate cam latches.

2009

Pionier: PVC-free

Development of the world's first cam screw cap with a PVC-free seal in collaboration with ActegaDS and Feinkost Dittmann

2011

New building Itzehoe

New building in the Itzehoer Innovation Park, now serving as the headquarters featuring state-of-the-art production facilities. Implementation of a sustainable production concept aimed at high energy efficiency and CO₂ savings.

2012

Packaging price

German packaging price 2011 for the PVC-free Cam twist lock PANO BLUESEAL®

2020

Global market leader

Global market leader in the PVC-free cam twist lock segment, concentration of the entire Closure production in the innovation Park.

2021

Renewable energy

Complete conversion of the energy supply to renewable energies, installation of another latest generation printing machine.

2022

New build

Transition to the new building dedicated to sealing machine technology, tool making, and production of 2-part cans at Fraunhoferstrasse 6.

GREEN STARTS WITH BLUE

100 %
PVC-free

Sustainability starts with PANO®.
Our glass closures are produced sustainably in Germany. Our trademark is the blue ring - we have been using this PVC-free sealing ring for 100% of our twist-off closures since 2019.
Where there is a blue ring, there is sustainability. The blue seal shows consumers that there are no plasticizers inside.

CLIMATE PROTECTION IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

Together with initiatives such as B.A.U.M. and the SBTi, we have been working for years to become ever more sustainable. To this end, 88% of the investments made since 2010, amounting to over 30 million euros, have gone directly into sustainability projects.

You can find out how we are constantly improving with the help of real climate accounting and sustainability reporting, what role a hydrogen feasibility study plays in this and which partners are supporting us in the sustainability section.

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