Product News

May 22, 2019
Lindal Group have announced the retirement of their John Hopkins, UK sales director, who will be leaving on 24 May after 40 years with the company. He will be replaced by Paul Wharton, former global director of sales development at Tetra Pak International. Based at the Lindal Leighton Buzzard site, Hopkins has worked in various sales positions during his tenure and says he has seen the company…
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May 15, 2019
American sunscreen brand Coppertone has a new owner, just in time for beach season. Bloomberg reports that Beiersdorf AG agreed to buy the Bayer AG Coppertone brand of sun-care products for $550 million (€490 million), bolstering a line of skin creams that already includes the Nivea brand. The deal for the brand, which had sales of about $213 million (€190 million) last year,…
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May 9, 2019
Coster inaugurated its UK Barlborough site in 2014 starting with aerosol valve assembly in a 5000 sqm large production area. The operation, which is based on a fully automated production system, has become a benchmark for the aerosol industry, with over 1 billion valves already supplied into UK market. Following the success of the valve assembly plant, Coster has moved quickly into the production…
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May 8, 2019
Korean consumer goods company LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H) has agreed to acquire New Avon LLC (Avon North America) for $125 million (€111.6 million) in cash. The agreement was signed with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management and Avon Products, with LG H&H acquiring Cerberus’ majority interest and Avon’s minority interest in Avon North America. LG H&H…
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May 3, 2019
A world leader for packaging machines, PackSys Global AG Switzerland, has agreed, effective 31 May 2019, to sell its subsidiary, PackSys Global (Thailand) Limited, to Swiss based Benpac Holding AG, a group of companies in the fields of engineering, machine construction, IT solutions and packaging technology. PackSys Global Thailand manufactures lines to make monobloc aluminium aerosol cans and…
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Apr 29, 2019
Aerosol packaging manufacturer Ball Corporation has committed to switching its operations in North America to 100% renewable energy by the end of 2021. To achieve this, the company has signed two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for a total of 388MW of renewable energy, enabling it to switch to clean electricity generation in its corporate, packaging and aerospace operations. According…
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Mar 27, 2019
Statistics announced by the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) reveal 1.566 billion cans were filled in 2018, an increase of 4.5 million units filled compared to the previous year. It is another exceptional year for the industry, which has reported record high performance in three of the last four years. The personal care sector continues to account for the largest volume of…
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Mar 21, 2019
McBride, a European leader producing household products, will stop production at its Hull aerosol factory at the end of the month. The British manufacturer has been preparing for this closure since last year, as reported by World Aerosols. Significant losses were being predicted as early as May 2018, following the February mid-year statement announcing an “extensive review” of…
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Feb 22, 2019
European manufacturer and supplier of household products, McBride, announced its half-year results for the six months ending 31 December 2018, revealing an expected 10-15% loss in profits prior to taxes. During the period, the Group successfully completed the sale of the European Personal Care (PC) Liquids business following the disposal of its skincare business in the Czech Republic the previous…
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Feb 19, 2019
New Delhi-based aerosol manufacturer Vanesa Care announced that it is planning a manufacturing facility in the Indian state of Telangana, local news outlet Telangana Today reports. “Vanesa Group has created manufacturing capabilities to become one of the largest aerosol manufacturers in India. We are exporting to overseas markets besides catering to the domestic market,” Vanesa…
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Feb 14, 2019
UK-based aerosol manufacturer James Briggs announced a major refinancing deal which will see its management team take a stake in the company, Business Manchester reports. Based in Oldham, Manchester, the company outlined a £8.5 million (€9.62 million) funding deal with UK merchant banking group Chase Brothers. Investment firm Endless will continue to hold a majority stake whilst…
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Jan 14, 2019
British manufacturer McBride announced a sales increase in the second half of 2018 while also disclosing that it is still continuing with the closure of its Hull aerosols factory, local news outlet Hull Daily Mail reports. In August 2018, World Aerosols reported that the company had announced the closure of the aerosol factory, leading to the loss of over 100 jobs. The termination of the factory…
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Jan 7, 2019
Hinterkopf, an aerosols manufacturer based in Einslingen, Germany, announced that it has acquired the license to manufacture and supply impact-extrusion (IE) presses from fellow Germany-based manufacturer Schuler Pressen’s X.S and X.L series. According to the release, Hinterkopf’s decision enables it to complete production lines for the manufacturing of aerosol cans, aluminium bottles…
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Dec 21, 2018
DPI Holdings has signed an underwriting agreement with Affin Hwang Investment bank for its initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia for January 2019, New Straits Times reports. “Having built our in-house brands from scratch since 1982, we are definitely proud of our successes thus far, amassing a 300-colour product range, developing a broad channel of approximately…
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Dec 18, 2018
Aerosol valve and actuator manufacturer Precision Global announced that it has appointed two new members to its board. Steve Lawrynuik and Christian Voegeli will join the board as independent directors to support Precision with their longstanding industry and management experience. Lawryniuk has more than 20 years in the industry with senior leadership and management roles at Husky Injection…
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Dec 14, 2018
Consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Walker & Company, a personal care firm with brands specifically dedicated to people of colour. The founder of Walker & Company, Tristan Walker, will continue to lead the brand as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary of P&G. "When I started Walker & Company Brands, I set out…
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Nov 29, 2018
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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Nov 23, 2018
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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