Industry rallies to combat COVID-19: check here daily
3/30/20 Royal Labs Royal Labs, Charleston, SC, has ramped up production of hand sanitizer sprays and hand washes at its 80,000 sq ft facility and is giving orders from hospitals and government-run establishments first priority. 3/27/20 BABOR Starting March 16, …
CFA launches aerosol recycling initiative online
On March 25, Jean Blottiere, Executive Director of Comité Français des Aérosols (CFA), announced that the CFA has launched a web page entirely devoted to sorting and recycling of aerosol products: The thousand and one …
CMTA update on March 23; surveys and guidance
March 23, 2020 California Manufacturing COVID-19 Update California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) 1. SECOND SURVEY -- Please take a quick moment to respond to CMTA's second survey to understand operational capacity of California manufacturing. It …
Note from 3M Chairman & CEO regarding COVID-19
3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman Posted on LinkedIn, March 22, 2020: 3M CEO on COVID-19 response: We have a unique and critical responsibility 3M has a unique and critical responsibility in pandemic preparedness and response – a …
NAA encourages industry involvement with CARB concerning Reactivity
From the National Aerosol Association (NAA): NAA as a whole has always supported the concept of Reactivity. We believe this is the best Science. See below and please highly consider sending a letter to the California …
FEAerosol2020 still scheduled for Sept. 23–24 in Lisbon
A note from the European Aerosol Federation: Dear FEAerosol2020 participants, We don’t need to pass comment on how challenging the current climate is because the one thing that we are sure of is that we are all …
Clayton Corp.’s Ric Berger set to retire
Ric Berger, Clayton Valve’s Director of Sales at Clayton Corp., is set to retire on March 26. He served for 31 years at the company.
Global production of aluminum aerosol cans falls, says AEROBAL
2019 sees 3.7% decline after years of stable growth The generally weaker global economy in 2019 left its mark on the annual production figures for aluminum aerosol cans. After continuous, and in some cases rapid, growth …
BASF to produce free hand sanitizers in Germany to ease local supply strains
Personal care chemical company BASF is set to begin production of hand sanitizers at its Ludwigshafen petrochemicals hub in Germany and will distribute them for free to nearby hospitals in the Rhine-Neckar region to help …
NexReg & NCEC offer free COVID-19 webinar March 19
SPRAY contributor NexReg Compliance has partnered with The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) in the UK to present a free online webinar on business preparedness against Coronavirus on Thursday, March 19 at 10:00 AM - …