About Minigrip

History of Minigrip

Explore milestones in Minigrip's innovative development. Roll your mouse over dates below to learn what happened on that date in history.
2006 Through a strategic branding initiative Minigrip/Zip-Pak® becomes Minigrip®


2005 Minigrip Industrial moved into new facility


2004 Minigrip/Zip-Pak® Industrial Packaging Business announces its move to a new manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas. Production scheduled to begin in January of 2005


2004 Minigrip/Zip-Pak launches anti-tarnish product line into the jewelry market through a major jewelry distributor


2003 Minigrip/Zip-Pak introduces camouflage bags to the military market


2003 Minigrip/Zip-Pak launches minigrip.com website


2002 Minigrip/Zip-Pak purchases New West Products, Inc., manufacturer and retailer of Space Bag® Storage Products


2002 Minigrip/Zip-Pak Custom Bag Business moves from Orangeburg, New York, to Seguin, Texas


2001 Minigrip/Zip-Pak adds SliderGripTM bags to its product line


2000 Minigrip/Zip-Pak Seguin splits into two separate business units: Industrial Packaging and Consumer Products


1993 Minigrip/Zip-Pak Seguin opens a satellite plant in Seguin for converting Specialty Products


1991 Minigrip/Zip-Pak Seguin begins manufacturing private label consumer storage products


1991 ITW purchases Dow's share of Zip-Pak business, forms Minigrip/Zip-Pak, and expands into new resealable packaging markets


1988 Minigrip opens an industrial products manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas


1986 Zip-Pak is created as a joint venture between ITW and Dow Chemical to produce resealable packaging


1984 Illinois Tool Works purchases Minigrip


1968 Dow Chemical licenses Minigrip technology to produce resealable packaging and introduces Ziploc® food storage bags to consumers


1959 Minigrip® manufactures first integral zipper plastic bag in the United States, marketing their revolutionary new product through industrial packaging distributors.


1954 First resealable zipper solutions licensed by Minigrip® for use in the United States