Weck jar Weck jar A Weck jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is popularly used for jam preservation, for its minimal look and foolproof rubber gasket with a glass lid. Weck jars were created by the J. WECK Company in Germany, who began selling them in 1895. They were initially sold in Germany and began selling outside of Germany in 1902. It soon became the most popular home canning system in Germany and Europe. This system uses glass jars (200 ml–1.5 l), reusable rubber seals, and glass lids. During the canning process the lids are
Olivier de Weck order to maximize their lifecycle value." Past research has been sponsored by organizations such as NASA, DARPA, Xerox, and BP. de Weck developed or supervised development of a number of methods and tools including: In January 2017 de Weck started a two-year professional leave of absence from MIT to serve as the Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus Group in Toulouse, France. de Weck co-authored a book presenting the argument for Engineering Systems as a new discipline: He appears in videos discussing the need for and technical challenges of interplanetary space exploration: and is quoted in