Douglas G. Taylor was transferred that same year from the Union Carbide facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to spearhead the Glad Wrap project.

At the time of the sale, Mr.Taylor was Senior Vice President of the Home and Automotive Products division as well as the head of STP Brands.

His contributions to Union Carbide and his pivotal role in the sale of the Home and Automotive Products division demonstrate his significance within the company's history.

Second prize went to a woman from western Sydney, who suggested it could be used to wrap up different kinds of buttons in her sewing kit to keep them separate from one another.

In Australia, the Glad brand was acquired by Industrial Equity Limited in 1988, and then was floated as part of National Foods in 1991.

He wore a trenchcoat and would arrive in a wild variety of spy type contraptions (such as a jet pack or gyroglider), in the style of The Man from U.N.C.L.E and Mission: Impossible.