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Rachel Chen has been appointed LINDAL’s new sales manager in Shanghai, China. The firm said the appointment forms part of its commitment to better serve the Chinese market.
Chen will be responsible for developing new business opportunities and establishing a footprint for Lindal in China. After graduating with an English major in 2010, Chen built up an in-depth knowledge of the…
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Hair care brand Living Proof has partnered with TerraCycle on two new packaging recycling initiatives. Consumers can now recycle any Living Proof bottles in the US and Canada, including aerosol products.
The partnership will help to support Living Proof’s sustainability goals. By 2025, the Unilever-owned brand has committed to decreasing its use of virgin plastic in global packaging by 50%;…
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Ball Corporation has announced its first-quarter 2020 results, showing the company’s Q1 comparable net earnings were $202 million (€185 million) or $0.61 (€0.56) per diluted share against Q1 2019 comparable net earnings of $167 million (€153 million) or $0.49 (€0.45) per diluted share.
According to Ball Corp, the company’s Q1 2020 results reflect the 2019 sale of its…
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ADF&PCD and PLD Paris has been shortlisted for a prestigious international events industry award.
The AEO Excellence Awards are organised by the UK’s Association of Exhibition Organisers, the leading trade body for event organisers such as Easyfairs, the company behind ADF&PCD and PLD Paris. The show has been shortlisted in the ‘Best International Show – Europe’…
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Aerosol dispensing specialist LINDAL has transformed some of its manufacturing equipment in France to produce face shields for key workers during the pandemic.
The company is manufacturing the shields at its French production facility and is donating them free of charge to key workers. Lindal’s research and development team from its Global Innovation Centre in Val de Briey and its production…
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Aptar Beauty + Home has mobilised its resources in the fight against COVID-19.
The dispensing and packaging solutions giant said it “moved promptly” to reorganise its production facilities, helping to deliver essential supplies to customers as they began manufacturing health and safety products for first-line responders.
Manufacturers all over the world have mobilised to produce…
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Florida, US-based Doctors Kline+Green has launched two new FDA-compliant aerosol hand sanitisers. One is a bag-on-valve spray and the other is an aerosol foam product.
The consumer healthcare products company Formulated Solutions supported the development and commercialisation of the new Doctors Kline+Green hand sanitiser products in support of those who are on the frontline in fighting…
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Hungarian aluminium aerosol can manufacturer Mátrámetal has purchased a new production line from Hinterkopf.
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, Mátrámetal said that demand has remained high, meaning it was “critical” to commission and start up the new line as quickly as possible. Borders between countries in Europe were closed at the end of March, posing challenges for the…
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Florida, US-based consumer healthcare company Formulated Solutions has introduced its new vice-president of commercial development.
Sejla Repetti, a ‘seasoned’ sales, business development and project management professional with more than 10 years’ experience at the company has taken on the role. In a statement, Formulated Solutions said Sejla will play an “even greater strategic…
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The COVID-19 crisis is “not perceptible” in Poland’s aerosol industry, according to the president of the board of the Polish Association of Aerosol Industry Employers (PZPPA), Krzysztof Piotrowski.
In a recent statement, the PZPPA said that production plants in the country are reporting an increase in product sales. The Polish aerosol sector “spontaneously reacted” to the COVID-19…
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UK-based Salford Valve Company (Salvalco) has received an investment from personal care giant Beiersdorf. The investment follows the launch of Salvalco’s Eco-Valve aerosol valve, which uses ecologically sustainable propellants.
Founded in 2013, Salvalco developed the Eco-Valve based on prior research by the Spray Research Group at Salford University. The Eco-Valve allows eco-friendly inert…
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Unilever has adapted its deodorant production lines to make hand sanitiser during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Having never manufactured hand sanitiser at its Leeds factory before, on 2 April, Unilever supplied its first batch of more than 700 litres to St James’s University Hospital, part of the Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.
“This has been a massive collective effort by teams within our…
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The British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association’s (BAMA) annual Innovation Day has been cancelled, due to the COVID-19 crisis.
In its place, BAMA hopes to bring the planned presentations via a series of Innovation webinars during the coming months. The organisation will send invitations to its members following discussions with those who were due to present at the event in July.
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The traditional enamel rating process – used to detect holes and leaks in the lacquer layer of the can – is often unreliable. Innosen has developed a solution.
Food cans have a lacquer layer inside them to protect the contents from spoiling and from damaging the can itself. An unlacquered can or a can with unreliable coating integrity could result in corrosion, which is caused by the…
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Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has hit an all-time high of 82.5%, according to the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL).
This new record rate, representing data from 2018, confirms steel as Europe’s most-recycled primary packaging material, according to APEAL, and means that more than eight out of 10 steel items put on the EU market this year have been…
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Ball Corporation has highlighted five of its aluminium packaging plants in its R. David Hoover Sustainability Awards.
The five plants, including Ball’s San Luis Potosí aerosol plant in Mexico, were recognised for their progress in areas with the most significant sustainability impact across the company’s operations in safety, energy, water and waste, as well as the promotion of aluminium…
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Precision Valve Corporation (Precision), a leader in the production of aerosol valves and dispensing solutions, has unveiled its new website.
The updated website forms part of Precision’s new communication strategy. According to the firm, its original message, based on ‘offbeat and humorous visuals’, was initially intended to address the firm’s existing and potential customers in a…
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COVID-19 is having an "unprecedented impact" on people and economies across the globe, according to Unilever's CEO Alan Jope.
The consumer goods giant released its Q1 2020 results revealing flat underlying sales with developed markets growing 2.8% while emerging markets declined 1.8%. Unilever said the pandemic has led to 'extensive changes' in the operating environment in its markets, with…
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