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Shiseido Company has promoted Ron Gee to the position of president and CEO of Shiseido Americas. A nearly 20-year veteran of the beauty industry, Gee has overseen businesses across all categories, including makeup, haircare, skincare, fragrance, and in all channels, including luxury and prestige, mass market, and salon. Earlier in his career, Gee served in various financial leadership…
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May 25, 2021
Diversified CPC International (DCPC) has appointed David Burks as chief operating officer. In this newly created role, Burks will ensure DCPC is well-positioned to meet the evolving needs of its global customer base by advancing the firm’s focus on safety and sustainability. Burks joined the DCPC team as executive vice-president in September 2018 after a 25-year career at Worthington…
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May 24, 2021
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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Crown Holdings has issued an interim sustainability report to track its recent environmental, social and governance (ESG) accomplishments, and to offer insight into its future strategy. Titled ‘Enduring Values, Continuous Progress’ the report highlights the completion of Crown’s first sustainability goals and its plan to raise the bar for future performance, based on the five pillars of…
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May 17, 2021
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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May 17, 2021
LINDAL Group has appointed Frederic Noel as the company’s chief operating officer. Noel joins LINDAL following a 20-year tenure at global materials science and manufacturing company, Avery Dennison Corporation, where he led various manufacturing sites across Europe. Along with his role as vice president of operations and supply chain for Europe at MENA, and his most recent nomination of…
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May 12, 2021
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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The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has appointed Tom Giddings as interim general manager. Giddings, previously sustainability and public affairs manager, succeeds industry stalwart Rick Hindley, who is moving on to another senior role within the recycling sector. Having joined Alupro in June 2020, Giddings has firmly positioned himself as a driving force within the…
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Tubex has teamed up with PreZero Pyral to form a closed loop in recycling post-consumer aluminium packaging. Tubex and its slug supplier recently developed a patented alloy where the customer has the choice of up to 60% inclusion of recycled material in the slug. An aluminium slug is the primary material used to manufacture aluminium monobloc aerosol cans. This collaboration with aluminium…
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May 4, 2021
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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Apr 29, 2021
Crown Therapeutics, a division of Crown Laboratories, has launched a range of SPF 50 mineral aerosol spray sunscreens using novel propellant technology. Expanding the Blue Lizard® Australian Sunscreen franchise, Crown Therapeutics’ new range is in line with the brand’s commitment to providing quality sun protection options that are safe for consumers and the environment. The mineral…
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Apr 29, 2021
The UK aerosol industry ‘exceeded’ performance expectations in 2020, despite the pandemic. Figures released by the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) as part of its annual filling survey show the strength and versatility of the sector, despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 crisis. Although national lockdowns and the closure of non-essential retail…
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Salvalco’s Evo-Valve Technology has been used by European brand, Rossmann, to be used within its own-brand deodorant. From April this year, the technology will be used with Rossmann’s deodorant brand, Alterra. Rossman is the first major brand in Europe to utilise the Eco-Valve technology, which uses environmentally-friendly nitrogen propellant. The company was keen to use Evo-Valve to…
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Beiersdorf has seen an organic sales increase of 6.3% in the first quarter of 2021. Group sales for Q1 stood at €1.9 billion, with the company declaring a ‘solid start’ to the new fiscal year, despite the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a difficult market environment, especially in Europe, Beiersdorf’s consumer business segment saw 2.7% organic sales…
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Apr 26, 2021
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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Apr 23, 2021
Crown Holdings' net sales in the first quarter were $3.07 billion (€2.55 billion), compared to $2.75 billion (€2.29 billion) in the same period in 2020. The company’s president and CEO, Timothy Donahue, said each of the global businesses “executed well both commercially and operationally” in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The figures reflect increased sales unit volumes in all…
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Consumer demand for sustainable packaging is still growing, despite the pandemic, led by a younger generation who are willing to pay more for eco-friendly packaging, according to a new report. Metal packaging giant Trivium Packaging has released its 2021 Global Buying Green Report in partnership with Boston Consulting Group, surveying more than 15,000 participants across Europe, North America,…
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Apr 22, 2021
Kao Corporation has launched its prestige hair salon brand, ORIBE, in Japan, through its subsidiary Kao Salon Japan. ORIBE is a hair care brand with a strong market presence in top hair salons and department stores across Europe and the US. The brand offers a total of 23 products including styling products, shampoo, hair conditioners, hair masks, and leave-on treatments. Through this launch…
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