Bubble Wrap Facts

1. AmericanengineerAlFieldingandSwissinventorMarcChavanneswere
thebrainsbehindtheconceptofbubblewrap.
Bubblewrapwasoriginallyinventedtoserveaswallpaper.
IBM wasthefirstcompanyto
usebubblewrap.
Theamountofbubblewrapproducedannuallyisenoughtostretchfromthe
Earthtothemoon.
384,400km
Around$400millionworthofbubble
wrapissoldannually.
$400M Indiana-basedFM radiostation
“Spirit95” Radiostartedthe
BubbleWrap® AppreciationDay
in2001.
BubbleWrap
AppreciationDay
SealedAirCorporationisthecompany
thatdevelopedtheBubbleWrapbrand.
Thefirstsampleofbubblewrapwasmadebyhand.
Gourdzilla,an815-poundpumpkin,wasthe
largestitemeverpackedusingabubblewrap.
A32-year-oldteacherfromLincolnshire,England
becameknownasbubblewrapbridewhenshewore
aweddingdressmadefrom13feetofcarefullystitched
bubblewrap.
Bubblewraphasmorethan
100creativeuses.
NewYork-basedartistBradleyHart
makesuseofbubblewraptocreate
realisticportraitsofwell-knownfigures
likeSteveJobs.
'TheMostPeoplePoppingBubbleWrapatOneTime'recordwasset
byagroupof366NewJerseystudents,crackingover8,000sq.feetof
bubblewrap.
BubbleWrapFacts
Bubblewraphasbeenaroundformorethan50years.Itsusesrangefrom
packagingtoprotectingplantcontainerstorelievingstressandsoforth.
Hereareafewinterestingtriviaaboutthemostpopularpackagingmaterial
thateverexisted:
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Wrap_(brand)
http://www.bubblewrapfun.com/
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/bubble-wrap-was-originally-designed-to-be-used-as-wallpaper/
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7233856
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279113/The-bubble-wrap-bride-knew-exactly-wear-fiance-popped-question.html
http://www.bradleyhart.ca/Artist.asp?ArtistID=37166&Akey=5BDJN8BKhttp://www.bradleyhart.ca/Artist.asp?ArtistID=37166&Akey=5BDJN8BK
http://www.englishblog.com/2013/01/reuters-video-students-pop-bubble-wrap-world-record.html#.Ua5qwUCfYdc
http://www.lafpak.com/

2. Bubble wrap has been around for more than 50 years. Its uses range from packaging to
protecting plant containers to relieving stress and so forth. Here are a few interesting
trivia about the most popular packaging material that ever existed.
http://www.lafpak.com/