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Multinational consumer goods giant Unilever has announced that its CEO is to retire from the company.
Paul Polman has been Unilever CEO for over a decade, and has over four decades experience in the consumer goods sector. According to a company announcement, that tenure has been a positive one for Unilever's shareholders, with a total shareholder return of 290% over the period.
Alan Jope, leader…
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Aerosols and liquids contract manufacturer Colep has published its first sustainability report. The company describes the report as proof of its ‘commitment to integrating sustainability’ into its business.
The central focus of the report is the outlining of five pillars of sustainability that Colep believes are crucial to improving sustainability within the firm’s global…
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Agustin Chávez Gómez has joined Precision Global as sales manager for Precision Valve Mexico, as of 1 November 2018.
Chávez has over 19 years of sales and business development experience in the packaging industry, as well as similar B2B component industries.
He joins Precision from Albéa, where he served as regional sales manager for Mexico. In that role Chávez…
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Secret Deodorant has launched a new campaign to support the equal pay of women in the workplace. The Procter & Gamble owned deodorant brand has released a music video, alongside a variety of social media posts, which addresses how women still aren’t getting paid equally to men.
The music video is called “I’d Rather Get Paid” and features well known advocates of equal…
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Last month, the 2018 British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association (BAMA) Awards took place. The winners were selected by a panel of aerosol retailing, politics and environmental sustainability experts. That panel was made up of Lisa Hipgrave, director of the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), Matt Skyes, technical liaison manager at the metal packaging manufactures association Metal…
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Metal packaging producer Ball Corporation has published its financial results for the third quarter 2018, showing a year on year improvement on the same period of 2017.
Ball provides metal packaging for beverages, food and household products. This includes a selection of one, two and three piece steel and aluminium aerosol cans for the personal care, household products and industrial sectors.
The…
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Unilever’s Dove antiperspirant aerosols will be produced using an aluminium solution provided by Constellium.
On 6 November, the Dutch company announced it would supply major Czech aerosol producer Moravia Cans with its Aeral solution. Moravia produces Unilever’s ‘award-winning’ Dove antiperspirant aerosols.
Constellium is a Netherlands headquartered, global company…
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Aerosol trade association International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) announced the winner of its World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2018 at its General Assembly meeting in Dusseldorf.
According to the press release, nine ‘highly regarded’ journalists from ‘important’ packaging journals and media from across the world selected the best…
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Speciality packaging producer Alltub has been acquired by middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP).
OEP has bought 100% of the Alltub Group from previous shareholder Aurora Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Alltub was founded in 2005 as a spinoff from the aluminium producer Alcan. The Amsterdam-headquartered company specialises in producing speciality…
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There is overwhelming public support in the UK for Government action on unrecyclable packaging, according to the results of a survey carried out by Cardiff University.
The results point to a growing public desire for recyclable packaging and products, a trend that will likely continue to affect the aerosols sector.
Three quarters of people want the government to ensure products are recyclable and…
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According to press releases from both parties, top consumer goods brands Henkel and SC Johnson have signed up for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastic Economy Commitment.
The initiative was signed by a total of 250 organisations.
World Aerosols reported on another major consumer goods company, RB, also signing up to the initiative in October.
“By signing the Global Commitment,…
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Major consumer goods company RB (Reckitt Benckiser) has signed up to the New Plastics Economy Initiative, a circular economy scheme for plastics led by the Ellen MacArthur foundation and WRAP’s UK Plastics Pact.
RB has a number of brands distributed in aerosols for the household sector, including the Cillit Bang cleaning range and the Air Wick selection of air fresheners.
Back in June, the…
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Multi-national consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble (P&G) has released a report on its results from the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year.
The company detailed its net sales of $16.7 billion (€14.7 billion) before continuing onto its first quarter breakdowns.
According to the report, P&G’s skin and personal care organic sales increased by double digits, which P&G…
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Despray has ‘officially’ appointed JDM Australia to act as the exclusive sales and service representative for the company’s patented aerosol recycling technology.
A sister company to the Boessenkool/OEM group, Netherlands based Despray was recently crowned the ‘Most innovative company in the Netherlands’. In addition, Despray recently received recognition at the FEA…
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As it focuses on the next-generation of its lightweight PET aerosol bottle range, Plastipak is expanding its commercial collection of SprayPet products from 100ml, 220ml and 335ml sizes to include the larger 600 ml and 800 ml variations.
Production demands
Contemporary producers are seeking accessible products that meet larger format packaging needs, Kurt Wolschleger, Category Manager at…
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Aerosol can manufacturer Ball Aerosol Packaging has launched its new Eyeris proprietary printing technique,, Eyeris. The brand offers a high-definition printing technology that gives aluminium aerosol customers the opportunity to access and embrace photo-realistic packaging designs.
The company creates sustainable packaging solutions for personal product, household care and beverage customers. It…
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For a total investment of $555 million (€466.7 million), dispensing and sealing solutions supplier AptarGroup has now completed the acquisition of proprietary material science-based firm, CSP Technologies.
Strategic efforts/wider plans
AptarGroup continues to move towards its strategic objective to acquire businesses that occupy a share in appealing marketplaces, boast consistently…
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Leading player in the consumer goods packaging and contract manufacturing industries, Colep, will collaborate with beauty, home and adhesive technology name Henkel to produce a lightweight alternative.
Together, the duo will collaborate to create lightweight tinplate cans for Colep’s professional hairstyling brand, Syoss.
Reducing the can’s weight by 18%, Syoss’ new hair…
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