A method and apparatus are disclosed which are suitable for use in the manufacture of two-piece metal containers. In particular, a way of making cups from metal sheet is disclosed using a combination of stretching and drawing operations. The resulting cups have the advantage of having a base thickness that is thinner relative to the ingoing gauge of the metal sheet.

Containers for holding particulate materials are provided. The containers may be formed from molded pulp. The containers may included molded pulp shaped or threaded features formed integrally on the container that may aid in providing closure to the device. The containers may optionally include a fitment and/or liner, or may be free of fitments and liners. The containers may optionally have inner load bearing members. The containers may be stackable.

A storage box is provided. The storage box includes a bottom plate, a top plate, two side plates, a front plate, and a rear plate. The bottom plate, the top plate, the two side plates, the front plate, and the rear plate are detachably connected to each other. The bottom plate and the top plate are disposed in parallel in a height direction of the storage box, the two side plates, the front plate, and the rear plate are disposed between the bottom plate and the top plate to enclose to form a storage space. First clamping structures are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of each of the two side plates, and second clamping structures are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of each of the front plate and the rear plate.

A container suitable for holding portioned food has an outer part and an inner part. The outer part is made from a material that contains cardboard and/or paper and is tray-shaped or cup-shaped, the outer part having a bottom and either a circumferential sidewall, if the outer part is cup-shaped, or has several sidewalls that rise from the bottom, if the outer part is tray-shaped. The inner part is made from a plastic material and is tray-shaped or cup-shaped. The inner part is arranged inside the outer part and has a rim that protrudes over the outer part. The inner part has at least one protruding nose arranged distanced from the rim, and the outer part has a window, wherein the nose protrudes from the inside of the outer part through the window.

A container assembly has a thermoformed plastic container with a base and a container wall terminating at a container flange, and a flexible container lid is attached to an upper surface of the container flange by a first heat sealing material The assembly also includes a support with a support wall surrounding the container wall and terminating at a support flange, wherein the support flange is configured and arranged to abut against a lower surface of the container flange, and is attached thereto by a second heat sealing material.

A container including a frame having a neck configured to receive a cap. A first side may be attached to the frame by one or more first fasteners. The first side may include a first transparent panel in a first recess. A first seal may be disposed between the first transparent panel and a first raised lip of the frame that extends into the first recess. A second side may be attached to an opposing side of the frame by one or more second fasteners. The second side may include a second transparent panel in a second recess. A second seal may be disposed between the second transparent panel and a second raised lip of the frame that extends into the second recess. The first transparent panel may include a first decorative element embedded therein and the second transparent may include a second decorative element embedded therein.