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World Aerosols speaks to Matt Radmer, manager of the chemistry support group at insect control solutions firm MGK.
Could you tell our readers a bit about yourself and your role at MGK?
I came to MGK from a job in the pharmaceutical industry in May 2007, where I had previously been working as a synthetic chemist. MGK allowed me to learn about product formulation. Over time, I became more…
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Nicholas Georges, vice-president of Scientific & International Affairs at the Household and Commercial Products Association (HCPA), delves into the issue of aerosol coatings and their impact on the environment.
For those of you who do business in the US, you’re probably aware of the volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations under the Clean Air Act. The California Air Resources…
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Precision has reinvented its original ACCUSOL actuator, an innovative product launched in the 1980s, to improve usability and sustainability.
Precision’s original ACCUSOL actuator was developed in the 1980s and introduced as the first trigger spray system for pressurised products in 1984. The concept behind this innovative development was to provide customers with the most convenient…
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Howard Ray and Wade Scheel, of Clean Earth, discuss the importance of aerosol recycling and its role in achieving sustainability goals.
After a tumultuous year, companies are eager to return to pre-pandemic success and pick up plans that were put on hold. Many of those plans included sustainability initiatives, such as working to move toward zero waste, as opposed to outright disposal.
As…
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Gary Okey, of US-based Recycle Aerosol, shares a case study on recycling a valuable microscopic miracle in behavioural pest control.
Sex pheromones have been commercially available for insect pest control for about 35 years. It has steadily gained acceptance due to continual improvements in application and management, as entomologists gain an increasing scientific understanding of this…
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Mall + Herlan has added several innovations to its machinery portfolio.
With hardly any exhibitions taking place last year, Mall + Herlan is kicking off 2021 with new innovations in its machinery portfolio.
First up, is its new high-speed line CMX. Mall + Herlan’s impact extrusion line comprises the complete technology to produce monobloc aerosol cans or bottles. The line consists of…
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Gary Okey, executive vice-president of Recycle Aerosol, explores the sustainability credentials of aluminium aerosol containers.
There is an ongoing debate in the packaging industry driven largely by the much broader, growing public interest in the proper stewardship of our planet’s resources.
First, I should state that Recycle Aerosol’s core energies have been focused on aerosol…
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Gopal Nemlekar, CEO of Indian aerosol caps and seals producer Media Manoeuvre, shares his experiences in coping with the COVID-19 crisis as a business.
2020, a year that dawned as a harbinger of doom, jolted all of us from our comfort zones. The pandemic and the resultant lockdowns negatively impacted businesses on an unprecedented scale. Sudden changes in the traditional demands, coupled with…
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Recent regulatory changes have paved the way towards international harmonisation in aerosol transportation, writes Steve Hunt of ShipMate, a dangerous goods consulting company.
The US made two giant leaps toward international harmonisation earlier this year, but still has a long way to go.
Elimination of the ORM-D classification
Thirty years ago, the US Department of Transportation’s…
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Pronova Laboratories’s new aerosol technology has excited the industry.
Based in Muiden in the Netherlands, Pronova Laboratories develops over-the-counter medical devices and cosmetic products. Founded in 1997 when it started developing its first product, Wartner®, a medical device for the removal of warts, Pronova has developed innovative technology that is set to shake up the aerosol…
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Aeropak explores the aerosol market potential in the Balkans and sheds a light on opportunities post-COVID-19.
The past year has brought many challenges to the world economy, especially to emerging market players. Aeropak is a producer of tinplate aerosol cans in Serbia, and it had just established a foothold in the aerosol industry supply chain when it faced significant disruptions as a…
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World Aerosols editor Dawn Stephens-Borg provides an update on the US aerosol industry with the help of Jim Peterson, Ball Metalpack, Wade Scheel and Howard Ray, Clean Earth, and Nicholas Georges, HCPA.
It is fair to say that the US has experienced immense change in the past year, both from the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of a new administration.
In the face of adversity, the US…
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A closer look at CosterEco, Coster’s recent innovation designed to improve the performance of environmentally-friendly compressed gases.
Making aerosols more sustainable is one of the industry’s top priorities in 2021. Whether that be through reducing the weight of the can or reducing material mixes to make containers easier to recycle, ‘sustainability’ is the word on everyone’s…
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On 25 February, APEAL officially revealed its 2025 vision for recycling. In this article, World Aerosols delves deeper into the plans and steel’s potential as part of the future circular economy.
he Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) announced its ambitious 2025 vision for recycling – zero steel packaging to landfill – as part of its virtual Steel for…
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World Aerosols editor Dawn Stephens-Borg speaks to Trivium Packaging about recycling, innovation, and being a force for good in the industry.
In 2019, two of the world’s biggest names in packaging joined forces to establish Trivium Packaging.
Formed of Ardagh’s food and speciality metal packaging business and Exal Corporation, Trivium – which in Latin stands for three roads coming…
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Aerostar Contract offers support for companies planning to localise their production or launch their brand in the Russian market, connecting markets in Europe and Asia.
For more than 16 years, Aerostar Contract has been one of the leading Eastern European suppliers of personal care and household chemicals in aerosol packaging, specialising in contract manufacturing of its partners’ private…
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A closer look at LINDAL Group’s 3D Aerosol Configurator, created to open up the world of packaging design to its customers.
With its recently launched 3D Aerosol Configurator, LINDAL Group has revealed plans to change the packaging design process for the better. To further understand the tool, how it features in the company’s global strategy, and gain customers’ views with pre-launch…
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Using compressed air and a virtually all-plastic dispensing system, Airopack has been selected by several brands seeking to boost the sustainability of their packaging.
Airopack is a sustainable, virtually all-plastic dispensing system that is powered purely by air, and, perhaps somewhat controversially is not considered to be an aerosol in the traditional sense.
Based in Waalwijk in the…
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With more than half a century of experience in the aerosol industry, Retycol has pioneered new formulations and technologies from its headquarters in Colombia.
Retycol has spent more than 50 years manufacturing aerosols in the healthcare, household, veterinary and personal care products.
With a dedicated research and development team, Retycol has developed many successful formulas for…
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