Tetra Pak inventor dies in Switzerland aged 101

The inventor of the modern Tetra Pak drinks carton, Ake Gustafson, has died in Switzerland at the age of 101. The Swedish national died on Thursday, December 19, at his home in Châtel-St-Denis, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, as his trustee announced in an obituary. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The industrialist joined the packaging company Tetra Pak in 1959, when it was still producing pyramid-shaped milk cartons. Under Gustafson’s leadership, the packaging was further developed into a stackable...