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Volume 2, Issue 4
P&G's 100% polymer aerosol container
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The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has developed a 100% polymer aerosol container. These containers have been developed to meet the desires of consumers while assuring safety and functionality and striving for recyclability. The process utilised to bring this innovation to the marketplace required each area of the aerosol product (container, valve, assembly and recyclability) to be open...
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Bug me not: aerosol insecticides in the US
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As a World Aerosols reader, you’re well-aware of the convenience that easy-to-use aerosol products provide, especially in the world of insecticides. Insecticides are pesticides that are produced to kill, harm, repel ormitigate insects. For the consumer, the aerosol insecticide product delivers the right spray in the correct amount eachand every time. Aerosol manufacturers optimise the...
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Controlling waste at the source: a new approach
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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. This is the mantra of the waste stream. Do something about the waste before it reaches landfill, or the inside of a whale. Controlling waste at the source, which method is the best way? In my opinion, it is imperative to avoid creating waste in the first place. As simple as that sounds, knowing how to approach and implement this concept is not easy. Firstly, it is...
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Turning equipment into cash
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EquipNet is a global leader of surplus asset management solutions. Our clients span across over 20 industries, ranging in size from small businesses to Fortune 500 multinational corporations and leading regional manufacturers. EquipNet solutions deliver maximised financial return while improving our clients’ corporate image, adhering to their safety standards, and contributing to their...
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Steel and aerosols: a sustainable partnership
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Versatile, easy to use and well-suited to a vast array of applications from personal care to industrial use, the aerosol packaging format also provides the level of performance required for technical applications. Indeed, the aerosol industry continues to go from strength to strength. In Europe, the industry has reported record high performance for the last four years, according to figures from...
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Contract filling: then and now
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Contract packagers face daily challenges. Just when you think you have everything figured out and production is running smoothly, the customer decides to make a formulation or overall packaging change, which can be simple or turn into a costly, complex line upgrade. Either way, it’s something a contract packager must adapt to, or risk losing the contract.
Re-evolution in polyurethane foam packaging
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Our story started with a project relocation in Hungary 20 years ago. We received moulds from a German company, during its liquidation. The moulds were used to produce standard polyurethane (PU) foam accessories (such as gun-rings and handheld adapters) –nothing particularly inspiring. At that time, Mikropakk was no specialist, but simply a family-owned tool and mould shop with around 20-25...
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Aerosol recycling: past, present and future
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Methods of recycling aerosols have come a long way since the product’s commercial introduction in the 1930s. In this article, Mike MacKay of DeSpray Environmental discusses the trials and tribulations of finding sustainable solutions to spray can recycling.
Leonhard Fischer looks back on 50 years of manufacturing excellence
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As an international leader in aerosol packaging technology solutions, achieving 60 years of success has meant we’ve had to continually adapt, react and capitalise on changes and developments in our own industry and the industries we operate in all over the world. We have made it our business to gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues within the areas of personal care, household,...
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The strategic team
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World Aerosols caught up with Tom Brown, president of Cap & Seal-Euscher Group about the company’s fascinating history, innovations and future plans.
A fresh approach to aerosols
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In 2017, Europe produced 5.7 billion aerosols and a great deal of potential waste down the line that will need treating.The Dityteam talks us through the latest system tackling downstream waste by not creating it to begin with.
Finally! An aerosol with true 360? orientation
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Ever since the aerosol was invented almost 100 years ago, it has suffered from two such obvious design flaws it’s a wonder consumers have put up with them for so long. Because they use a conventional dip tube, they can only work primarily in one orientation and are generally incapable of removing the entire contents of the container. Whilst ball valves attempt to address the problem of...
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ADF New York 2019 exhibitor preview
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On 17 and 18 September 2019, leading specialists, manufacturers, suppliers and producers from across the globe will be meeting in New York for the Aerosol & Dispensing Forum (ADF). The ADF is a prestigious event covering industries from household and pharmaceutical to automotive, looking at the latest developments in the sector.
