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Feb 4, 2021
Unilever reports strong 2020 results boosted by hygiene products
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Feb 3, 2021
Stan Platek, vice-president and general manager of Ball’s aerosol packaging business, will retire on 15 March after more than 24 years in the aluminium aerosol and slug industry.
Ball Corporation announced James W Billings, vice-president, commercial for Ball’s Beverage Packaging, North and Central America business since 2015, will succeed Platek.
“Stan has... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2021
CCL Industries, a major packaging solutions company, has appointed two new directors.
Linda A Cash and Dr Susana Suarez-Gonzalez have been appointed to the board of directors and Mandy J Shapansky, chair of the firm’s corporate social responsibility committee and member of the audit committee, has retired.
Cash has spent 36 years as a senior executive with extensive... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2021
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has abandoned its acquisition of shaving subscription firm Billie following a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint filed in December.
According to the FTC, P&G’s abandonment of the acquisition is “good news” for consumers who value low prices, quality, and innovation.
Ian Conner, director of the Bureau of Competition,... [Read More]
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Jan 7, 2021
Ball Metalpack has announced plans to launch a new high-speed aerosol can line at its can manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, US.
The steel manufacturing line is expected to be operational at the DeForest facility in the second quarter of 2021. It will be Ball third to be added within 12 months in the firm’s US plant network, joining recently added high-speed aerosol... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2021
The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has selected a new president.
Viliam Gašpar, director of customer technical service at U.S. Steel Košice (Slovakia), was elected unanimously by the board and general assembly of APEAL and succeeds Tony Waite of Tata Steel Europe. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh alongside a Ph.D.... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2020
Diversified CPC International (DCPC) has completed the first phase of its new facility in Texas, which will improve its supply chain capabilities for its aerosol, industrial refrigerant, and solvent extraction customers.
The firm, which specialises in the design, production, and distribution of speciality gases, has invested $10 million in Phase 1 of the project to... [Read More]
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Dec 16, 2020
Henkel, the company behind major brands and products such as Right Guard antiperspirants, Schwarzkopf hair care and Loctite adhesives, has named Steven Essick as president of the North America region.
Essick, who also serves as the regional head of finance, has worked with Henkel for 23 years and served in global financial and commercial leadership roles at the firm... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2020
Antal György Almásy, president of the Brazilian Aerosol Association (ABAS) has passed away after contracting COVID-19.
Almásy, a specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the aerosol industry, passed away on 13 December. As well as his role as president at ABAS, which he joined in December 2019, Almásy was technical-scientific director of AeroService and... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2020
Altachem, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LINDAL Group, has been chosen for an EU-funded programme to improve ‘agile production’ through advanced robotics systems in internal process logistics.
Following open calls from the Trinity Digital Innovation Hubs programme, Altachem, which specialises in high-delivery valve applications for aerosols, successfully applied to... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2020
French aerosol firm Technima has expanded by integrating Milanese company ITAL GETE.
With this move, ITAL GETE, a manufacturer of aerosol paint for decoration and fine art or graffiti spray, further strengthens Technima’s position in the decorative and touch-up paint market following the integration of another company, CIA - based near Turin - in 2016.
The two... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2020
Unilever has announced the completion of the unification of its Group Legal structure under a single parent company – Unilever PLC.
From 30 November, for the first time in history, Unilever now trades with one market capitalisation, one class of shares, and one global pool of liquidity, while also maintaining the Group’s listings on the Amsterdam, London, and New... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2020
VTW, a Vasantha Tool Crafts company, is building a new mould-making facility in Austria.
The company, made up of former KTW employees with proven expertise in mould making, and India-based mould-maker Vasantha, will begin operations at the new 4,000 m2 state-of-the-art facility in spring 2021.
Dayanand Reddy, founder and managing director of Vasantha, said: “This... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2020
PLZ Aeroscience Corporation (PLZ) has appointed Aaron M. Erter as the new president and CEO.
The aerosol and liquid product manufacturing firm said Erter has proven leadership experience and a successful track record of growing manufacturing businesses. He succeeds Ed Byczynski, who served as the company’s president and CEO since 2009.
Erter joins PLZ from the... [Read More]
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Nov 10, 2020
Ball Corporation has reported strong third-quarter results.
The firm reported, on a U.S. GAAP basis, its Q3 2020 net earnings stood at $241 million (€203 million), or $0.72 (€0.60) per diluted share, on sales of $3.1 billion (€2.61 billion), compared to $92 million (€77.7 million) net earnings or $0.27 (€0.22) per diluted share on sales of $3 billion (€2.53... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2020
Packaging dispensing solutions manufacturer PRECISION has announced the expansion of its production facility in Thailand is complete.
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Precision’s teams were able to stick to the original schedule to complete the expansion. The project was designed to optimise workshop layouts, increase the production capacities... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2020
Urs Hauser of Pamasol, also a representative from the Assoziation der Schweizerischen Aerosolindustrie (Switzerland), has been announced as the new president of the European Aerosol Federation (FEA).
Hauser will succeed Gilles Baudin of L’Oreal, also a representative from the Comité Français de Aérosols (France), who has served as president of the FEA for two years.
Hauser... [Read More]
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