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The International Aluminium Organisation of Aerosol Container Manufacturers (AEROBAL) has revealed the winners of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2021.
Gregor Spengler, AEROBAL’s secretary-general, said he was pleased to find that, despite the pandemic, the ‘innovative strength’ of the industry had not diminished at all.
The members of the international jury also witnessed this…
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Eviosys has launched as a newly-formed, independent metal packaging firm.
The new company, a portfolio business of KPS Capital Partners, was launched as KPS completes its acquisition of Crown Holdings’ Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) metal packaging business. Eviosys is now Europe’s largest manufacturer of steel and aluminium food packaging, with hundreds of global and regional food…
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Wella, a global leader in the beauty industry, has appointed three diverse C-suite executives to its leadership team.
The company has a top professional and retail hair, beauty tech and nail portfolio of iconic brands including Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin, Sebastian Professional, and ghd.
Virginie Costa joins Wella as global chief financial officer (CFO) - one of only seven…
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Voyant Beauty has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, outlining the firm’s ESG strategy and performance.
The company, a manufacturer of innovative beauty, personal care, home, fragrance and hotel products, said the report highlights what it is doing right for people, the planet, product quality and safety.
As one of the first large-scale US beauty…
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US-based Formulated Solutions has completed its largest infrastructure expansion project to date.
The firm, which specialises in pharmaceutical and self-directed consumer healthcare, has significantly increased the footprint, capacity, and capability in all areas of new product development and manufacturing of branded Rx, OTC, NDA, and medical device products.
The firm’s newly completed…
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B’laster Holdings has acquired Casite, a globally distributed brand of premium maintenance chemicals and innovative tyre repair products.
Casite is best known for Motor Honey™ oil and maintenance treatments and EZ Connect Tire Repair™ – an emergency tyre inflator and leak sealer.
“Casite fits perfectly with our focus on repair-it-yourself brands that solve real-world problems in…
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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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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has named Joaquin Duato as the company’s new CEO.
Duato currently serves as the vice-chairman of the company’s executive committee and will take over the role of CEO from Alex Gorsky, effective 3 January 2022. Following the transition of the CEO role, Duato will also be appointed as a member of the company’s board of directors.
During his 30+ year…
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John Belsey, Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) sales and marketing director at Precision, will retire at the end of August.
Belsey joined Precision in 2009, just after the initial construction phase of Precision’s Thailand facility. Since then, he has been the sales and marketing director of the company’s Thai subsidiary, a key player in actuators, leading commercial development in the Middle East,…
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McBride’s adjusted profit before tax for the financial year 2022 (FY22) is expected to be 55-65% lower than in 2021, the company announced.
McBride, a leading European manufacturer and supplier of private label and contract manufactured products for the domestic household and professional cleaning and hygiene sectors, including aerosols, highlighted multiple challenges in its FY22 trading…
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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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Wondercide, a US company specialising in pest protection for pets, peoples, homes, and gardens, has launched two new products.
Founded in 2009, Wondercide is an Austin, Texas-based firm using products powered by ‘the purest, highest-quality’ essential oils and ingredients sourced responsibly from US companies committed to sustainable business practices.
Ant & Roach Home + Kitchen…
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Henkel has delivered a strong performance in the first half of 2021, achieving double-digit growth in organic sales and earnings, but warned of a sharp rise in raw material prices.
The firm accelerated growth throughout the first half of the year (H1 2021) and adjusted for currency effects, already exceeded the pre-crisis level of 2019.
Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that…
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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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Plastic packaging firm Graham Packaging has appointed Robert Pyle as its new president and CEO.
In this role, Pyle assumes day-to-day leadership of Graham, guiding the firm in its ongoing mission of profitable growth and creating sustainable packaging solutions.
Pyle joined Graham on 2 August and is succeeding interim CEO, Doug Owenby, who will return to his role as chief operating officer…
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Ron Popeil, famous for his iconic TV infomercials, including for spray-on hair, has passed away at the age of 86.
In the 1980s, under his company Ronco (founded in 1964), Popeil invented spray-on hair, also known as ‘hair in a can’ - an aerosol hair styling product that could be applied to thinning or balding patches of the scalp to create the appearance of hair. The product was called…
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MetalMatters, the industry-founded initiative encouraging householders to recycle their empty aerosols, foil, cans, trays, tubes and metal screw tops, has launched a new campaign.
The innovative programme will see MetalMatters work in close partnership with local authorities across the UK, engaging with residents via social media to communicate ‘targeted recycling messaging’.
An…
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A truck carrying 27,000 lbs (approximately 12,200 kilograms) of aerosol deodorant products caught fire in north-eastern Oklahoma on 6 August, causing the cans to explode.
According to KOKI-TV, the explosion occurred at approximately 5 am at a Love’s Travel Stop near Big Cabin. The truck pulled into the stop after having brake issues, which caused the vehicle’s tires to catch fire. The cans…
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