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Oct 9, 2020
“This is only the beginning”
Features
Oct 2, 2020
A unique colour coding and two-way search system has helped customers of LINDAL Group to better identify their products and services.
In January 2019, LINDAL Group hit the launch button on its new website. Complete with a product colour coding concept, 360° product views and a host of other new features, the platform has since been paying dividends for its visitors.... [Read More]
Features
Sep 28, 2020
Since graduating in engineering from Milan University, Italy, Fabio Barozzi has been dedicated to the aerosol industry. Launching his career with well-known firm Coster, Barozzi stayed with the company for more than 20 years, before deciding to put his knowledge and experience into designing new technology for aerosol production.
Working with a team of specialists,... [Read More]
Features
Sep 21, 2020
Alberto Pedemonte, chief marketing officer at Nussbaum, discusses the company’s new aerosol can made from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium.
Nussbaum Matzingen, a manufacturer of aluminium monobloc cans, has launched its sustainable innovation – an aerosol can made from 100% postconsumer- recycled (PCR) aluminium. It is the first of its kind of aerosol can... [Read More]
Features
Sep 14, 2020
UK-based brand management, digital print and interactive media provider, Springfield Solutions, has launched a new digital embellishment service for aerosols.
After the successful launch of its aerosol label innovation last year – SASO®, Springfield Solutions has now launched an innovative labelling product that is set to take the packaging industry by storm.
Until... [Read More]
Features
Sep 7, 2020
World Aerosols caught up with Ball's European reprographics manager, Paul Nicol, to discuss the evolution of printing, design, and sustainability.
Could you tell our readers a bit about yourself and your background?
After leaving school in 1982, I trained initially as an engineer, but after this decided to go into print as my father was setting up his own business... [Read More]
Features
Sep 2, 2020
The UK aerosol sector is “holding firm” during the pandemic, reports Tiziana Dorigo of the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association.
The impact of COVID-19 has been ravaging economies around the world for several months now. While we follow with apprehension the human cost of the pandemic, looming on the horizon is the equally worrying prospect of a financial... [Read More]
Features
Aug 21, 2020
DeSpray Environmental is harnessing waste aerosol propellants and turning them into biogas.
With more than 20 years of experience in machine building and aerosol recycling, DeSpray Environmental has developed innovative new technology to tackle the environmental issues surrounding waste aerosols. The company’s systems capture waste aerosol propellants and recompress... [Read More]
Features
Aug 13, 2020
Leon Finn, aerosol technical specialist at R.A Jones, shares his experience of coping with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aerosol industry has faced many challenges since my first involvement back in the early 1980s. When I started in the industry, our company was known as Aerofill but after many acquisitions, the Aerofill brand is now known as... [Read More]
Features
Aug 10, 2020
Gopal N. Nemlekar, CEO of caps, closures and moulds manufacturer Media Manoeuvre, provides an update on the Indian aerosol industry.
Over the past few years, the Indian aerosol industry has grown by leaps and bounds and has become a behemoth today. Among the various segments, aerosol has had a significant impact in personal care, thanks to deodorants and household products.
Many... [Read More]
Features
Aug 4, 2020
Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general of the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL), explains how the EU is taking another step towards its circular economy vision.
On 11 March, the European Commission published its long-awaited new Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0 (CEAP), one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s... [Read More]
Features
Jul 30, 2020
World Aerosols delves deeper into the French aerosol filling figures for 2019 with the help of CFA delegate-general, Jean Blottiere
At a time like this, it feels somewhat arbitrary to discuss what happened in 2019. Nonetheless, analysing and understanding aerosol filling figures can help us to better predict the state of the industry post-pandemic.
On 1 June, the... [Read More]
Features
Jul 13, 2020
Quality by Vision, a company specialising in the development and manufacturing of quality and process control systems for the metal packaging industry, discusses aerosol quality and inspection solutions.
With a comprehensive suite of systems for quality control of food, beverage, and aerosol cans already in place, along with years of experience working with aerosol... [Read More]
Features
Jul 2, 2020
World Aerosols spoke with Alain D’Haese, secretary-general of the European Aerosol Federation, about the impact of COVID-19 on the aerosol industry and what it means to face the ‘new normal’.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for all sectors. How has it affected the aerosol industry in Europe?
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all... [Read More]
Features
Jun 26, 2020
Rick Hindley, executive director at Alupro, shares the UK Environment Agency’s latest aluminium recycling figures and discusses how artificially inflated PRN prices are impacting the industry
Every year, UK companies produce more than 1.4 billion aluminium and steel aerosol containers. While 60% are exported, 600 million are sold, filled, and used in the UK. Accounting... [Read More]